In response to the US's claim that it will increase the tariffs imposed on China to 125%, Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian said at a regular press conference on April 10 that for its own selfishness, the US uses tariffs as a weapon to implement extreme pressure and seek personal gain, seriously infringes on the legitimate rights and interests of all countries, seriously violates the rules of the World Trade Organization, seriously damages the rules-based multilateral trading system, and seriously impacts the stability of the global economic order. This is a blatant offense and opposes the entire world.
Lin Jian pointed out that taking necessary countermeasures to oppose US bullying is not only to safeguard its own sovereignty, security and development interests, but also to safeguard international fairness and justice, safeguard the multilateral trading system, and safeguard the common interests of the international community. If you have the power, you will have many helpers, but if you lose the power, you will have few helpers. The United States' rebellious actions will be unpopular and will eventually end in failure.
Lin Jian emphasized that there are no winners in tariff wars and trade wars. China is unwilling to fight, but it is not afraid of fighting. We will never sit idly by and watch the legitimate rights and interests of the Chinese people be deprived, and we will never sit idly by and watch international economic and trade rules and multilateral trading systems be destroyed. If the US insists on fighting a tariff war and a trade war, China will definitely accompany it to the end. The US puts its own interests above the public interests of the international community and serves the hegemony of the United States at the expense of the legitimate interests of countries around the world, which will inevitably be stronger opposition from the international community. (Reporters Cheng Xin, Yuan Rui)
