China’s Foreign Ministry responded to the latest U.S. trade report on Wednesday – but without the usual finger-wagging tone.

Instead, Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said that it’s “normal” for the two countries to have disagreements, The Straits Times reported.

"I would like to emphasize that the essence of China-US trade cooperation is that it is mutually beneficial and win-win,” he said. “It is normal to have trade frictions, but what is key is to conduct dialogue and consultation based on mutual respect, equality and honesty.”

The statement was in response to the latest update to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative’s (USTR’s) March report on China’s trade practices. In the update, the U.S. accused China of continuing to support forced technology transfers, corporate espionage and cybercrime – just over a week before Presidents Xi Jinping and Donald Trump are scheduled to meet at the G-20 summit.