China urges US to stop 'discriminatory' restrictions, uphold Geneva consensus

China on Friday urged the United States to end "discriminatory restrictions" against Beijing and for the two sides to "jointly uphold the consensus reached at the high-level talks in Geneva," according to a statement from China's embassy in Washington.

The statement came hours after US President Donald Trump lashed out at China, saying it had "totally violated" a preliminary agreement reached in Switzerland two weeks ago to defuse the trade war between the world's two largest economies.

"Since the China-US economic and trade talks in Geneva, both sides have maintained communication over their respective concerns in the economic and trade fields on various bilateral and multilateral occasions at multiple levels," Embassy spokesperson Liu Pengyu said.