Responding to reports that Washington plans to initiate new trade investigations as alternative measures to maintain tariffs on trading partners, the spokesperson of China’s Ministry of Commerce stated that China is monitoring the situation closely and will resolutely safeguard its legitimate rights and interests.
The spokesperson reiterated China’s consistent opposition to all forms of unilateral tariff measures. “Trade wars have no winners, and protectionism leads nowhere,” the spokesperson said.
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The ministry criticized unilateral measures implemented by the U.S., such as reciprocal tariffs and tariffs related to fentanyl, noting that they violate both international economic and trade rules and U.S. domestic laws. The spokesperson added that these actions do not align with the interests of any party.
Highlighting that history has repeatedly proven that cooperation benefits both nations while confrontation harms both, China urged the United States to revoke the relevant unilateral tariff measures imposed on its trading partners.
