China vows 'all necessary countermeasures' over latest U.S. tariffs
The Hindu
Trump imposes 10% tariff on Chinese imports, sparking trade war with China, escalating tensions between world's largest economies.
China on Friday (February 28, 2025) vowed to take "all necessary countermeasures" after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would impose an additional 10% tariff on Chinese imports.
Mr. Trump's latest move is due to enter effect on Tuesday alongside sweeping 25% levies on Canadian and Mexican imports, intensifying a brewing trade war between the world's two largest economies.
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The 10% tariff on Chinese imports will come on top of an existing levy of the same rate imposed by Mr. Trump on China earlier this month.
In response to Mr. Trump's allegations that Beijing is contributing to a deadly fentanyl crisis in the United States — his justification for the tariffs — a spokesperson for China's Commerce Ministry said in a statement Friday that Washington was "shifting the blame".
"China is one of the countries with the strictest and most thorough anti-narcotics policy in the world," the statement read.
"But the U.S. side has always ignored these facts," it said.
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