The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Thursday said China does not wish to combat trade and tariff wars, however will not flinch when a trade and tariff war comes.Lin Jian, a representative for the ministry, made the remarks at a routine press instruction in response to a question on the United States imposing 125 percent tariffs on imported Chinese products.Weaponizing tariffs by the United States to exert pressure and seek self-centered interests has seriously infringed upon the genuine rights and interests of all nations, Lin said.Such moves have actually broken the rules of the World Trade Organization, seriously harmed the rules-based multilateral trading system, and have had a major effect on the stability of the international economic order, he said.Lin said taking needed countermeasures to oppose the United States bullying is not only to protect ones own sovereignty, security and advancement interests, however also to keep worldwide fairness and justice, the multilateral trading system and the common interests of the global community.
The United States trigger doesnt win the assistance of individuals and will end in failure, he said.Emphasizing that nobody wins in trade and tariff wars, he said China will not sit back and let the legitimate rights and interests of the Chinese individuals be denied, and watch worldwide financial and trade rules and the multilateral trading system being weakened.
If the United States demands a tariff and trade war, China will fight to the end, he stated, including that the United States puts its own interests above the interests of the worldwide neighborhood and sacrifices the genuine interests of other countries to serve its hegemonic interests, which will inevitably be consulted with stronger opposition from the global neighborhood.