China warns of firm countermeasures amid renewed U.S. tariff threats
Beijing says further U.S. tariff hikes would be futile, warns of firm retaliation as diplomatic tensions escalate over trade policy.
(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on 4 April 2025 shows, L-R, US President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping. The world's second largest economy, China, appeared at the top of the tariffs list that Trump held up at the podium on 3 April, with the president claiming that total tariffs on US goods charged by Beijing -- with currency manipulation factored in -- amounted to 67 percent. China announced 34 percent tariffs on US imports on 4 April, the first major economy to fire back against President Donald Trump's swinging new levies in an escalating global trade war that sent markets deep into the red.
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