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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
BEIJING, June 28 (Xinhua) — China firmly opposes any country entering into trade deals with the United States that harm Chinese interests in exchange for so-called “duty relief,” a spokesman for the Ministry of Commerce said Saturday.
“If such a situation arises, China will not tolerate it and will take decisive countermeasures to protect its legitimate rights and interests,” the official said in response to a media question regarding the US’s recent trade negotiations with other countries.
“Since April, the United States has been imposing so-called ‘mirror tariffs’ on its trading partners. This is a typical act of unilateral bullying that seriously undermines the multilateral trading system and disrupts the normal order of international trade,” he said, adding that China has consistently and firmly opposed such practices.
China welcomes other countries’ efforts to resolve trade differences with the US through consultations on an equal footing, but also calls on all parties to always adhere to fairness and justice, stay on the right side of history, and firmly safeguard international economic and trade rules and the multilateral trading system, the spokesperson said.
“Reality proves that only by firmly defending its principles and positions can a country truly protect its legitimate rights and interests,” the official representative of the Chinese Ministry of Commerce summed up. –0–