China's trade friction with the US is set to be protracted as the East Asian country is unlikely to yield on what the US wants, which is to stop protecting its high-tech firms.
The row could spill over into other areas of the two major powers' bilateral relationship as China could feel less obliged to collaborate with Washington on issues such as North Korea.
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