PNN – China responded to Donald Trump’s threat to impose tariffs on its exports to the United States, which are expected to take effect on February 1, 2025.
According to the report of Pakistan News Network, the French news agency reported about this in urgent news: After US President Donald Trump announced that a 10% tariff (customs) on Chinese imports to the US will be applied from February 1; China promised on Wednesday that it would defend its “national interests”.
Therefore, the report of “Mao Ning” (Mao Ning), the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, said in response to the threat of imposing a 10% tariff on China by the new American president: We have always believed that there is no winner in a trade war or a tariff war, China is firmly committed to safeguarding its national interests.
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Agence France-Presse added in news: Trump announced yesterday that he will subject the European Union to a customs tariff and a 10% tariff on Chinese imports may also be applied as soon as February 1st.
This report adds: Trump, who spoke to reporters in his office in the White House yesterday, pointed out the need to correct the trade balance between the European Union and also targeting Beijing in the field of Fentanyl smuggling to Mexico and Canada.
In these remarks, the new US president indicated the need to correct the trade imbalance between the European Union and the United States, while at the same time retargeting Beijing on fentanyl trafficking.
Therefore, Trump’s report yesterday repeated his threat to impose a 10% tariff on China in a gathering of reporters and said the move is based on the fact that Beijing ships fentanyl to Mexico and Canada, and when asked when the tariffs would go into effect, he said, “Probably February 1st is the date we’re looking at.”