BEIJING, China
China is ready to fight till the end if the United States is bent on waging a tariff war or trade war, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said on Tuesday when commenting on the U.S. threat of an additional 50 percent tariff on Chinese imports.
In response to a relevant
query at a daily press briefing, spokesperson Lin Jian said that the
indiscriminate imposition of tariffs by the United States seriously violates
the legitimate rights and interests of other countries, seriously violates the
rules of the World Trade Organization, seriously damages the rule-based
multilateral trading system, and seriously impacts the stability of the global
economic order.
"It is typical
unilateralism, protectionism, and economic bullying, and has been widely
opposed by the international community," Lin said, noting that China
strongly condemns and resolutely opposes it.
Pointing out that no winners
emerge in trade wars and tariff wars, and protectionism leads nowhere, Lin said
the Chinese people do not cause trouble, but they are not afraid of trouble
either.
Pressuring, threatening and
blackmailing are not the right ways to deal with China.
"China will take
necessary measures to resolutely safeguard its lawful rights and interests. If
the United States ignores the interests of the two countries and the
international community and insists on fighting tariff wars and trade wars,
China will surely fight till the end," said the spokesperson.
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