February 14, 2025
China vows ‘countermeasures,’ WTO challenge over new U.S. tariffs
China has pledged to take countermeasures and launch a dispute at the World Trade Organization against new U.S. tariffs announced on Saturday by President Trump, while urging Washington to engage in dialogue with Beijing to resolve their differences. China is “strongly dissatisfied with” and “firmly opposes” the additional 10 percent tariffs on Chinese goods, a spokesperson for the country’s Ministry of Commerce said in a statement on Sunday , according to an informal translation. The spokesperson said the tariffs, which...
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