This photo shows a general view of a screen broadcasting live images of the Chinese president Xi Jinping attend the opening session of the National Popular Congress (NPC), as we can see outside a shopping center in Beijing on March 5, 2025.
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China said it was ready to fight “any type of war” with the United States, when President Donald Trump was writing economic and political pressure on the country.
“If war is what the United States wants, whether it is a tariff war, a trade war or any other type of war, we are ready to fight until the end,” the Chinese embassy said in an article on X on Wednesday, signaling an increasingly aggressive position towards the United States
A spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Ministry later in the day called for the explanation linked to fentanyl in the United States to impose prices “Fragile excuse.”
“If the United States has another program in mind and if the interests of China are what the United States wants, we are ready to fight until the end. We urge the United States to stop being dominant and returning to the right track of dialogue and cooperation on an early date,” the spokesman said.
The remarks occurred while the additional 10% Trump prices on imports from China took effect on Tuesday, taking the cumulative prices imposed in about a month at 20%.
In fast reprisals, Beijing announced additional prices on Tuesday up to 15% on certain American products, from March 10 and a series of new export restrictions for the designated American entities.
China’s relations with the United States will not see disagreements, but Beijing will not accept pressure or threats, the third session of the 14th national popular congress said on Tuesday morning.
After the initial series of new American rates in February, reprisal measures in China included Increase rights on certain American energy imports And put two American companies on a list of unreliable entities that could restrict their ability to do business in the Asian country.
The actual American average rate rate on Chinese products should therefore reach 33%, against approximately 13% before US President Donald Trump began his last mandate in January, according to the Chinese economist of Nomura, Ting Lu.
This year’s largest political meeting this year started on Tuesday in Beijing, where the government set the key economic objectives for 2025 and will continue to unveil their economic plans for the year. The event should end on March 11.
– Evelyn Cheng de CNBC contributed to the report.
