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Yao Jian， spokesman for the min-istry of commerce at the PRC Ministry of Commerce pointed out in a news conference on August 17 that the best solution to rising trade friction-as the world struggles to recover from the global financial crisis-is active negotiation and coordination instead of drastic counter measures on some vital importing commodities as some domestic experts suggested.