State media accuses Trump administration of acting like a ‘bunch of hoodlums’ as tariffs on $34bn in Chinese goods go into effect
A long-threatened trade war between the US and China got underway on Friday as the US imposed tariffs on $34bn in Chinese goods. China has promised to levy its own tariffs immediately after on a similar quantity of US imports.
Minutes after the US tariffs went into effect at 12:01 Friday US time (0401 GMT), a spokesperson for China’s ministry of commerce said, “China promised not to fire the first shot, but in order to safeguard the country’s core interests as well as that of the people, it is forced to fight back,” according to Xinhua.
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