Criticizing US tariffs, China "knocks on Japan's door", calling for cooperation

On February 18, China warned that the tariffs that US President Donald Trump has threatened to impose or has imposed risk causing inflation, distorting markets, and even leading to a global recession.

China condemns US tariff shocks. (Source: Global Times)

Speaking at the first session of the World Trade Organization (WTO) General Council this year, Chinese Ambassador to the WTO Li Chenggang stressed: "The world is facing a series of tariff shocks."

Condemning Washington's unilateral imposition or threat of tariffs on trading partners - including Beijing - in violation of WTO rules, he said: "China firmly opposes such measures. The above-mentioned tariff shocks increase economic instability, disrupt global trade and risk causing domestic inflation, distorting markets, or even leading to a global recession."

Besides, according to the Chinese Ambassador, US unilateralism also threatens to disrupt the rules-based multilateral trading system.

* In the context of the country of one billion people being caught up in a tariff war with the US, on February 18, Chinese Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao called on Japanese business leaders to cooperate with the world's second largest economy.

At a meeting with a Japanese business delegation led by Masakazu Tokura, chairman of the Japan Business Federation (Keidanren), and other officials, Wang Wentao called for a "rules-based resolution" of the trade dispute between Beijing and Washington.

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