China willing to work with U.S. to improve trade relationship - commerce official

BEIJING, July 31 (Reuters) - Trade between China and the United States benefits both sides, and Beijing is willing to work with Washington to improve their trade relationship, Vice Commerce Minister Qian Keming said on Monday.

China-U.S. 100 day trade talks have reached important and balanced results, he said at a news conference.

North Korea and U.S.-China trade issues are not related, he added.

(Reporting by Beijing Monitoring Desk and Elias Glenn; Editing by Kim Coghill)