No party should count on the other side to do all the giving without getting anything in return, a China Daily editorial said, to avert the less than desirable scenarios that have been talked about at the meeting between the leaders of China and the United States on the sidelines of the G20 summit, both China and US will have to be sensitive to each other's sensibilities.

There is little doubt that both Beijing and Washington know that whatever the outcome is, it will have far-reaching consequences.

Beijing wants a deal, just as Washington does. And it is willing to cooperate with Washington in dealing with concerns about trade if they are fair-minded. That should suffice for a mutually acceptable solution to be found to their present dispute if it is about trade. Should there be any other aspirations, such as taking advantage of the trade spat to throttle Chinese growth, then an agreement is unlikely to be reached.

A good deal means both sides walking away happy. The US should give its habitual winner-take-all approach to international relations the weekend off, the editorial stated.