On November 25, U.S. local time, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump issued a statement on his self-created social media platform “Truth Social,” announcing that a 10% tariff would be imposed on all imports from China.
In addition, Trump also said he would impose a 25% tariff on all products entering the United States from Mexico and Canada.
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During the previous election period, Trump promised to impose additional tariffs of up to 60% on all imports from China.
Liu Pengyu, spokesman of the China Embassy in the United States, responded by saying,”The essence of Sino-US economic and trade cooperation is mutual benefit and win-win results, and there will be no winners in trade wars and tariff wars.
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In his statement, Trump also accused China of failing to fulfill its promise on fentanyl smuggling, claiming that drugs are flooding into the United States through Mexico at unprecedented levels.
In response, Liu Pengyu refuted that China has taken measures to crack down on drug trafficking and notified the United States of the progress of US-related anti-drug law enforcement actions, proving that the statement that “China deliberately promotes the flow of fentanyl into the United States” is groundless.
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Previously, the heads of state of China and the United States decided to establish a China-US anti-drug cooperation working group during their meeting in San Francisco to carry out anti-drug cooperation.
In January this year, the China-US Drug Cooperation Working Group was officially launched.
in August, China announced that it would begin to increase control and management of the production of three chemicals used to make fentanyl.
In addition, China is the first country in the world to officially classify fentanyl substances.
Bloomberg reported that according to an average forecast of analysts surveyed from November 15 to 21, China’s export growth rate will accelerate to 7% in the fourth quarter of this year, pushing total exports this year to US$3.
548 trillion, exceeding the historical high in 2022.
Analysts pointed out that China’s exports may benefit from panic hoarding by foreign companies.
A spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China previously pointed out that the United States continues to politicize economic and trade issues and further increases tariffs on China are compounded by mistakes.
It will only significantly increase the cost of imported goods and cause American companies and consumers to bear more losses.
China urges the United States to earnestly abide by WTO rules and immediately cancel the measures to impose additional tariffs on China.
China will take all necessary measures to defend its rights and interests.
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