{"id":20147,"date":"2025-02-02T17:00:39","date_gmt":"2025-02-02T17:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=20147"},"modified":"2025-02-02T17:00:39","modified_gmt":"2025-02-02T17:00:39","slug":"china-denounces-trump-tariff-fentanyl-is-americas-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=20147","title":{"rendered":"China denounces Trump tariff: \u2018Fentanyl is America\u2019s problem\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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China\u2019s government on Sunday denounced the\u00a0Trump administration\u2019s imposition<\/a>\u00a0of a long-threatened 10% tariff on Chinese imports while leaving the door open for talks with the US that could avoid a deepening conflict.<\/p>\n

Beijing will challenge\u00a0President\u00a0Donald Trump\u2019s\u00a0tariff\u00a0<\/a>at the World Trade Organization and take unspecified \u201ccountermeasures\u201d in response to the levy, which takes effect on Tuesday, the finance and commerce ministries said.<\/p>\n

The response stopped short of the immediate escalation that had marked China\u2019s trade showdown with Trump in his first term as president and repeated the more measured language Beijing has used in recent weeks.<\/p>\n

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President Donald Trump speaks at the Action Conference CPAC in Dallas, Texas on Aug. 6, 2022.Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Trump on Saturday\u00a0ordered\u00a025% tariffs on Canadian<\/a>\u00a0and Mexican imports and 10% on goods from China, saying Beijing needed to stanch the flow of fentanyl, a deadly opioid, into the United States.<\/p>\n

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China\u2019s commerce ministry said in a statement that Trump\u2019s move \u201cseriously violates\u201d international trade rules, urging the US to \u201cengage in frank dialogue and strengthen cooperation\u201d.<\/p>\n

Filing a lawsuit with the WTO would be a largely symbolic move that Beijing has also taken against tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles by the European Union.<\/p>\n

For weeks Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning has said Beijing believes there is no winner in a trade war.<\/p>\n

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The American and Chinese flags are displayed in Beijing on April 26, 2024.via REUTERS<\/span><\/p>\n

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Trump on Saturday\u00a0ordered\u00a025% tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports and 10% on goods from China, saying Beijing needed to stanch the flow of fentanyl, a deadly opioid, into the United States.<\/p>\n

China\u2019s sharpest pushback on Sunday was over fentanyl, an area where the administration of Trump\u2019s predecessor, Joe Biden, had also been urging Beijing to crack down on shipments of the China-made precursor chemicals needed to manufacture the drug.<\/p>\n

\u201cFentanyl is America\u2019s problem,\u201d China\u2019s foreign ministry said. \u201cThe Chinese side has carried out extensive anti-narcotics cooperation with the United States and achieved remarkable results.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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