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Trump Says Tariffs on China This Friday, Foreign Ministry Responds


Release time:

2019-05-08

U.S. President Trump said via Twitter on Sunday (May 5) local time that starting from this Friday (May 10), U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods worth 200 billion U.S. dollars will be increased from the current 10% to 25%.

U.S. President Trump said via Twitter on Sunday (May 5) local time that starting from this Friday (May 10), U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods worth 200 billion U.S. dollars will be increased from the current 10% to 25%.

In response to Trump's remarks, Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said on the 6th that similar situations have occurred many times before, and China's position and attitude have been very clear. Geng Shuang pointed out that China-US economic and trade consultations have been conducted for 10 rounds and positive progress has been made. "The top priority is that we still hope that the United States should work together with China to meet each other and strive to reach a mutually beneficial and win-win agreement on the basis of mutual respect."