China has promised to take resolute and effective measures to safeguard its rights and interests, hours after US President Donald Trumps 104% tariffs on Chinese imports took effect on Wednesday.The United States is still imposing arbitrary tariffs on China and relentlessly applying extreme pressure.
China firmly opposes this and will never accept such domineering and bullying behavior, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian told a regular news conference, CNN reported.China and the U.S.
have been involved in a game of tit-for-tat on trade, with Beijing standing firmly against each new tariff introduced by Washington.After the latest round kicked in on Wednesday, Lin told media that the U.S.
needed to demonstrate an attitude of equality, respect and mutual benefit if it truly wanted to resolve the trade war through dialogue.If the US disregards the interests of both countries and the international community and insists on waging a tariff war and trade war, China will fight to the end, Lin added.US levies on Chinese imports had been set to increase by 34% on Wednesday as part of Trumps reciprocal tariffs package.
But the president tacked on another 50% after Beijing didnt back down on its promise to impose 34% retaliatory tariffs on U.S.
goods by noon Tuesday.Prior to the latest round of escalation, Trump had already imposed 20% levies on China since his return to the White House.