Adding to his earlier comments, China’s Premier Li Keqiang said that the global economy could face downward pressure but China has many policy tools to overcome difficulties.
Key quotes:
“¢ Says that China opposes unilateralism and protectionism.
“¢ There are growing doubts in some parts of the world about free trade.
“¢ China’s economy faces downward pressure.
“¢ But China has many policy tools to overcome difficulties.
“¢ China will not resort to forceful stimulus.
“¢ Will implement proactive fiscal policy and push forward with tax cuts.
“¢ Monetary policy will consider funding difficulties faced by small firms.
“¢ China will not resort to competitive currency devaluation.
“¢ China able to keep Yuan basically stable.
“¢ China will implement tax cuts on a larger scale.