China: US should stop threatening and blackmailing

Pars Today - The spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Ministry stated that the United States should abandon threats and blackmail in order to resolve issues with Beijing.

On Thursday, Lin Jian criticized the US tariff war against China, stating that the tariff war was initiated by the American side and that China’s countermeasures are necessary to protect its legitimate rights and interests, as well as to uphold international justice. In response to America’s threat to impose a 245 percent tariff on Chinese goods, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce stated on Wednesday that the United States’ threats indicate that Washington has reached an unreasonable level in its use of tariffs as a weapon./Mehr news agency

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