INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
China will raise the additional tariffs on products imported from the United States to 125 percent, effective from Saturday, the Customs
Tariff Commission of the State Council announced Friday.The announcement follows the United States move to raise the "reciprocal tariffs"
on Chinese imports to 125 percent
The commission said the United States imposition of excessively high tariffs on China seriously violates international economic and trade
rules, goes against basic economic laws and common sense, and is nothing but unilateral bullying and coercion.Even if the United States
imposes even higher tariffs, it would no longer make economic sense and ultimately go down as a joke in world economic history, according to
the commission."Given that it's already impossible for the Chinese market to accept United States imports at the current tariff level, if
the United States imposes further tariffs on Chinese products, China will ignore it," it said.However, should the United States persist in
substantially undermining China's interests, China will take firm countermeasures and fight to the end, the commission added.(Cover: A view
of Rizhao Port in Rizhao City, east China's Shandong Province, April 8, 2025
