Odaily Planet Daily News: From May 10 to 11, China and the United States held high-level economic and trade talks in Geneva, Switzerland, and issued the "China-US Geneva Economic and Trade Talks Joint Statement" on May 12, local time. The talks made substantial progress and the speed of reaching an agreement exceeded expectations. Bai Ming, a researcher at the Ministry of Commerce's Institute of International Trade and Economic Cooperation, said in an interview with reporters that it was not easy to achieve the results of this high-level economic and trade talks between China and the United States. "This is due to the effective negotiation of our representatives and their resolute protection of their legitimate rights and interests. At the same time, the internal pressure on the US side also forced them to put down their posture and sit down to talk seriously." (CNR)