reply Trump also trumpeted "decoupling" from China, a move foreign media called unwise

Washington, Sept 7 (Reuters) - As the U.S. election nears, President Donald Trump on Monday again floated the idea of decoupling the U.S. economy from China, suggesting the United States would not lose money if the world's two largest economies stopped doing business."You mentioned the word decoupling," Trump said at a White House Labor Day news conference. "It's an interesting word." He vowed to bring jobs home from China."We're losing billions of dollars," Trump said. If we don't do business with them, we won't lose so many dollars. That's called decoupling, so you have to start thinking about it."According to the report, Mr Trump vowed that in the future his administration would ban federal contracts with companies that outsource work to China."We will make America a global manufacturing superpower and end our dependence on China for good," Mr Trump said. "Whether it's decoupling, whether it's imposing huge tariffs on China, as I've been doing, we will end our dependence on China, because we can't rely on China.""We will bring jobs back to America from China, and we will impose tariffs on companies that leave the United States to create jobs in China and other countries," he added.Other officials and analysts said the economies of the two countries are so intertwined that such a move would be unwise, the report said.According to the Website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Spokesperson Zhao Lijian previously stressed three points when answering the question about china-us decoupling:First, in the more than 40 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States, despite ups and downs, both sides have been able to manage their differences and differences from the perspective of history and the larger picture, properly handle sensitive issues, and maintain the overall momentum of steady growth of China-Us relations. China-us cooperation is mutually beneficial and not one-way. Since the establishment of diplomatic ties, practical cooperation in various fields has been expanding, bringing huge benefits to the two countries and peoples and benefiting the United States. The various china-related fallacies put forward by some US politicians, such as the "deficit theory" and the "doctrine of patronage", are, in essence, based on ideological bias, exaggerating the "China threat theory" and advocating the Cold War and zero-sum game mentality. This is neither in line with the facts nor respectful of history, and is a complete reversal of history.Second, the development of China and the United States is not an either-or relationship. There is no need to exclude each other. There is no reason for China and the United States to draw on each other's strength and make achievements. China and the United States should promote the development of bilateral relations through cooperation rather than "decoupling", and shoulder their due responsibilities for the world. Globalization is the reality of our times and the direction of human progress. Especially in the post-epidemic period, all countries have the task and need to resume work and production, restore normal economic operation, and maintain the stability of their own industrial and supply chains. In this process, no country can stay immune. Only by "pulling together in the same boat" can we "ride the waves". Only by helping each other can we overcome the difficulties together. Trying to solve their own problems through "decoupling" will only lead to more harm to the interests of domestic companies and the people.Third, China's policy stance on developing China-Us relations has been consistent and maintained a high degree of stability and continuity. At the same time, we are also ready to face ups and downs in China-Us relations. We urge some US politicians to correct their mistakes, return to rationality, view and handle China-Us relations in the right way, stop damaging China's interests and smearizing and attacking China, and bring China-Us relations back to the right track at an early date.