Beijing: ready to defend our rights and interests
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China’s Foreign Ministry said: US customs tariffs disrupt the industry chain and harm US companies.
China State Department statement: We ask Washington to respect the business rules.
Beijing said: We are ready to defend our rights and interests.
China’s Foreign Ministry also said about Ukraine: “We are supporting the political solution to the Ukrainian crisis.”
It is said that the Chinese Ministry of Commerce issued a statement on Wednesday in response to the US threat to impose a 5 % tariff on its goods: the US threat to impose a 5 % tariff against China shows Washington.
A statement issued by the Chinese Ministry of Commerce: China will not pay attention to the US -meaning game with tariff figures, but if the United States continues to violate Beijing’s rights, China will definitely respond.
The US government under Donald Trump’s presidency, who has been targeted by the tariff war against China, had previously threatened Beijing because of what he called “retaliatory measures”.
In his latest executive order, Trump has ordered a comprehensive national security investigation into the import of rare minerals to the US Department of Commerce. The decree also provides a description of the tariffs announced on April 7.
The White House said in a statement: China is currently facing a 5 % tariff on imports to the United States as a result of its retaliatory measures. From the very first day, Trump began the “US First” trade policy to bring back to America (Trump’s election slogan).
China increased customs duties on US goods to 5 %. Trump, as the beginning of this trade war, raised tariffs on Chinese imports to 5 %.