Naples, 8 July (LaPresse) – China ‘remains firm in defending its rights and interests in the face of tariff pressure from the United States and in upholding fairness and international justice’. This was stated by Chinese Prime Minister Li Quiang during a meeting with the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on the sidelines of the 17th BRICS summit currently taking place in Brazil, according to the Chinese news agency Xinhua.