CCTV News: The reporter learned from the Ministry of Commerce on April 12 that on April 11, Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao had a video call with WTO Director-General Ivera, and the two sides exchanged views on issues such as responding to the so-called "reciprocal tariffs" imposed by the United States, maintaining the multilateral trading system, and giving full play to the role of the WTO. Wang Wentao said that the United States' continuous introduction of tariff measures has brought huge uncertainty and instability to the world, causing chaos in the international community and the United States. The US concocting "reciprocal tariffs" out of thin air is a typical unilateral bullying practice. The US "reciprocal tariffs" will cause huge harm to developing countries, especially the least developed countries, and even trigger a humanitarian crisis.
Wang Wentao emphasized that the US "reciprocal tariffs" seriously violate the most basic and core rules such as the WTO's most-favored-nation treatment, non-discrimination, and binding tariffs, impact the international economic and trade order, and shake the foundation of the multilateral trading system. China's decisive measures to counter the situation are not only to safeguard its legitimate rights and interests, but also to safeguard the fairness and justice of the international community.
