The China government criticized on Sunday the 10% tariff that the Donald Trump administration imposed on its imports, But he left the door open to conversations with the United States that could avoid an increasingly deep conflict.
Beijing will challenge the tariff of President Donald Trump in the World Trade Organization, a symbolic gesture, and It will take “countermeasures” not specified in response to the tax, which comes into force on Tuesday, said the Ministries of Finance and Commerce of China.
The answer was not the immediate escalation that had marked China’s commercial confrontation with Trump in his first term as president and had the most restrained tone that Beijing has used in recent weeks.
Trump ordered Saturday to impose more tariffs, 25% on Canadian and Mexican imports and 10% to products from China, claiming that Beijing needed to stop the Fentanyl flow, a deadly opioid, to the United States.
China’s moderate response marked a contrast with direct reprisals and the indignant expression of Canada, An ally from the United States for a long time, and from Mexico, the main destination of US exports.
The China Ministry of Commerce said in a statement that Trump’s measure “seriously violates” International commercial standards and urged the United States to “establish a frank dialogue and reinforce cooperation.”
The presentation of a lawsuit before the WTO could allow Beijing to transmit the message that defends the norms based on norms, which the two great American parties adhered for a long time. Beijing did the same in front of tariffs up to 45% to electric vehicles made in China by the European Union.
At the same time, an resource before the WTO does not imply any immediate cost or threat to Washington, Because the WTO difference solution system has been effectively closed since 2019, when Trump blocked the appointments of judges to manage the appeals.
China’s most energetic response was on Fentanil He had also been urging Beijing to take measures to stop the shipments of the chemical precursors manufactured in China necessary to synthesize the drug.
“Fentanyl is a problem from the United States,” said the Chinese Foreign Ministry. “China has carried out wide anti -drug cooperation with the United States and has achieved notable results.”
