Feb 02, 2025 08:41 AM IST
China has urged Washington to engage in “frank dialogue and strengthen corporation”.
After Canada and Mexico, China also reacted to the additional 10 per cent tariff imposed on Beijing by US President Donald Trump and said that it was a ‘serious violation’ of the World Trade Organisation rules.
The Chinese commerce ministry said that it will “challenge US tariffs under WTO”.
Earlier, US President Donald Trump imposed 25 per cent on tariff on Canadian and Mexican imports, and a 10 per cent on goods from China to address what he termed a “national emergency” over immigration and fentanyl.
In its response further, China has urged Washington to engage in “frank dialogue and strengthen corporation”. While firmly opposing the US tariffs, China vowed to launch “corresponding countermeasures” against Trump’s move.
China was already facing tariffs, on top of which now Trump has imposed another 10 per cent.
Last week as well, China had said that in the face of Trump’s tariff threats, Beijing would protect is “national interests”.
“We have always believed that there are no winners in a trade war or a tariff war,” China’s foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said, adding that China was “firmly committed to safeguarding national interests”.
Notably, Trump had backed his decision saying that it was aimed at stopping the illegal immigration and smuggling of chemicals used for fentanyl.
Right after taking charge of the White House, Trump had voiced his consideration of imposing the tariff on Chinese imports from February to stop the flow of fentanyl supplied from Beijing to Mexico and Canada.
His claims were further supported by the US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) which identified that the global fentanyl supply chain “often starts with chemical companies based in China”. The DEA had said that the highly addictive drug was one of the biggest drug threats in the US.
(with agency inputs)
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