China will ad­here to opening up, and firmly support the principle of free trade and the multilateral trading system, the Ambassador of China to Gha­na, Mr Tong Defa, has said.

He stated that China would continue to build a relationship with diplomatic partners across the globe based on mutual respect and shared prosperity.

He was speaking at a press briefing on Wednesday in Accra in the wake of trade war initiat­ed by United States President, Donald Trump, and subsequent imposition of high tariffs on China.

China also responded with a reciprocal tariffs on the U.S.