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China blasts new US tariff threat as 'blackmail'

China's government on Tuesday denounced President Donald Trump's threat of new tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese goods as blackmail and warned it would respond with "strong countermeasures."

 

Trump ordered the US Trade Representative on Monday to prepare new tariffs on Chinese goods, escalating a dispute over Beijing's technology policy that companies and investors worry could drag down global trade and economic growth.

 

The Commerce Ministry warned said Beijing is ready to "defend the interests of the Chinese people and enterprises" but gave no details.

 


פרסום ראשון: 06.19.18, 07:46