CCTV News: A spokesperson for the Ministry of Commerce answered reporters' questions about China's counter-imposed counter-attack against the US's re-raising tariffs on China.

A reporter asked: On April 10, Eastern Time, the US side issued an executive order to further increase the "reciprocal tariffs" imposed on Chinese products imported to the US. We have noticed that China has taken corresponding tariff countermeasures. What is China’s comment on this?

The spokesperson said that on April 10, Eastern Time, the US side issued an executive order to further increase the "reciprocal tariffs" imposed on Chinese products. We have noticed that the tax rate imposed on Chinese products announced by the US executive order is 41%, 20 percentage points higher than the tariff rate previously claimed by the US. China firmly opposes the US's wanton unilateral tariff measures and severely condemns it, and has resolutely taken countermeasures to safeguard its rights and interests.

The US side arbitrarily imposed unilateral tariffs, which seriously violated international economic and trade rules and basic economic laws and common sense, causing the current world economy, global markets and multilateral trading system to face severe impacts and violent turmoil. The US side should bear all responsibility for this.

We have noticed that under pressure from China and others, the US has suspended the imposition of high reciprocal tariffs on some trading partners. This is only a symbolic step and has not changed the nature of the US's pursuit of selfish interests through trade blackmail. China urges the US to take a big step in abolishing the so-called "reciprocal tariffs" and completely correct its wrong practices.

The US's repeated imposition of abnormally high tariffs on China has become a digital game, and it has no practical significance in economic terms. It will only expose the US's tactics of instrumentalizing and weaponizing tariffs, and bullying and coercing, and become a joke. If the US continues to play the tariff digital game, China will ignore it. However, if the US insists on continuing to materially infringe on China's rights and interests, China will resolutely counter and stay with it to the end.

On April 9, the Chinese government issued the white paper "China's Position on Several Issues Concerning Sino-US Economic and Trade Relations", reaffirming China's consistent position on Sino-US economic and trade relations. The essence of Sino-US economic and trade relations is mutual benefit and win-win results. There is no winner in the trade war, and there is no way out for protectionism. China is open to consultations with the United States, but threats and pressure are not the right way to deal with China. The United States should properly resolve differences with China through equal dialogue on the basis of mutual respect. China will unswervingly do its own thing well, respond to various uncertain factors in the external environment with its own certainty, and continue to serve as a stable anchor for the turbulent world.