washington chinese finance minister lou jiwei criticize republican presidential front-runner donald trump call irrational type due proposal tariff import chinese goods increase 45 percent interview wall street journal publish sunday lou say trump irrational type would violation rule set world trade organization lou say unite state put trump proposal effect would entitle position world major power u.s. need recognize u.s. china mutually dependent economic cycle intertwine acknowledge rhetoric u.s. presidential campaign become heat china unite state large trade partner chinese officials generally avoid criticize trump directly though make indirect criticism proposal ban muslims enter unite state indirectly rebuff trump claim china steal u.s. job china tightly-controlled state media largely stick report facts trump notable exceptions last month influential tabloid global time accuse trump racist warn extremists benito mussolini adolf hitler vote power trump sunday assert china wag economic war unite state take job take money billionaire businessman say campaign rally new york continue rip like rip off republican presidential debate last month trump say china allow free trade u.s. manufacturers compete freely 45 percent tariff threat behave follow rule regulations equal side tax say republican rival ted cruz criticize 45 percent tariff proposal say debate would pass u.s. consumers help president come say ... go put 45 percent tax diapers buy diapers automobile buy automobile clothe buy clothe hurt u.s. senator texas say unite state report 366-billion trade deficit china 2015 343 billion 2014 large u.s. trade imbalance nation deficit nearly 12 percent first two months 2016 57 billion chinese official call trump 'irrational trade