China slams Trump-imposed ‘arbitrary tariffs,’ vows retaliation against US

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi connected Friday accused the United States of "meeting bully with evil" for imposing a caller circular of "arbitrary tariffs" and vowed retaliation.  

The fiery words from Wang came during a Friday quality league connected the sidelines of China’s annual parliamentary session, conscionable days aft the U.S. levied duties against China – arsenic good arsenic Canada and Mexico – implicit accusations of fentanyl smuggling.

All countries person called these allegations unjustified, with China maintaining it has done a batch successful caller years to curb the exports of concern chemicals that are utilized to marque fentanyl – which, Wang alleged, person been with punitive tariffs. 

Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian earlier this week argued that fentanyl was a "flimsy excuse" to rise tariffs connected Chinese imports, cautioning that "intimidation does not scare us" and "bullying" would not work. 

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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrives for a property league connected the sideline of the National People's Congress successful Beijing, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Speaking to reporters connected Friday, Wang said it was a phantasy to judge that the U.S. could simultaneously "suppress China and support a bully relationship." 

"Such two-faced acts are not bully for the stableness of bilateral relations oregon for gathering communal trust," Wang said. 

 President Donald Trump delivers remarks aft signing an enforcement bid connected reciprocal tariffs successful the Oval Office astatine the White House connected Feb. 13, 2025, successful Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

The duties were the latest successful a bid of retaliatory tariffs Washington and Beijing person imposed against 1 different since President Donald Trump's instrumentality to bureau successful January. Trump raised level tariffs connected each Chinese imports to 20%, portion Beijing countered with further 15% duties connected American imports including chicken, pork, soy and beef, and expanded controls connected doing concern with cardinal U.S. companies.

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The overseas minister's yearly property league is the 1 juncture connected which Wang speaks to Chinese and overseas media connected a scope of topics. Friday's lawsuit was dominated by questions astir China's ties with the U.S., on with different topics specified arsenic determination conflicts and collaborations wrong the Global South.

President Donald Trump imposed 20% tariffs connected Chinese imports, citing the ongoing fentanyl situation arsenic a crushed for the decision. (AP Photo / Evan Vucci / iStock)

Regarding the Trump administration's argumentation of safeguarding U.S. interests supra planetary cooperation, Wang said specified an approach, if adopted by each state successful the world, would effect successful the "law of the jungle."

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"Small and anemic countries volition get burnt first, and the planetary bid and rules volition beryllium nether terrible shock," Wang said. "Major countries should undertake their planetary obligations … and not question to nett from and bully the weak."

Fox News Digital’s Stephen Sorace and The Associated Press contributed to this report.