The Latest: China rejects Trump claim it took US jobs away

China says its participation in the World Trade Organization has not only benefited Beijing but global economic growth as well, implicitly rejecting President Donald Trump's claim that it took factories away from the U.S.

Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang says China sees its economic ties with the U.S. as being mutually beneficial and said China is "willing to get along with the U.S. to jointly expand and deepen bilateral trade."

U.S., European and other foreign companies complain of unfair competition in China, where they are barred from or sharply restricted in telecoms, information technology, finance and other promising industries in violation of Beijing's free-trading pledges.

Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Wednesday that it is "natural" that the U.S. president "is busy with American affairs while our president Putin is busy with Russian affairs."

Peskov referred to fight on terrorism as one potential area of cooperation that both presidents mentioned when Putin called Trump in November to congratulate him on the election victory.

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Wednesday that Japan would have to see what the actual figure is, but that he expected it to strengthen the U.S.-Japan alliance and contribute to global stability.

Two-thirds of permanent residency visas are allocated to skilled migrants, in a bid to attract highly employable people.

A Mexican expert in border security says Mexico should follow up on President Donald Trump's mention of immigration reform during his address to the U.S. Congress.

Ramos also heard an opening for U.S.-Mexican cooperation against drug trafficking, noting that Trump spoke of the border wall in the context of stopping drugs rather than explicitly referring to migrants.