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Pedestrians and office buildings are reflected on a brokerage house's window as an electronic board displays shares trading index, in Beijing, April 7, 2025
CHINA accused the United States today of unilateralism, protectionism and economic bullying with tariffs, while calling on representatives of US companies, including Elon Musk’s Tesla, to “take concrete actions” to resolve the tariffs.
Putting “America First” over international rules harms the stability of global production and the supply chain and seriously hinders the world’s economic recovery, foreign affairs spokesperson Lin Jian told reporters.
Last week, President Trump put an additional 34 per cent tariff on Chinese goods as part of “Liberation Day,” coming on top of two rounds of 10 per cent tariffs already declared in February and March, which Trump said was due to Beijing’s role in the fentanyl crisis.
Friedrich Merz’s call for a new Plaza Accord ignores how Washington’s 1985 currency ambush destroyed Japan without fixing US deficits — China, a sovereign socialist state with 1.4 billion consumers, cannot be bullied the same way, writes CARLOS MARTINEZ
JENNY CLEGG looks at the key points that defined the China-US relationship, for now
The cancelled China trip of the German Foreign Minister marks a break with Helmut Schmidt’s China policy and drives Germany further into Washington’s confrontation course, warns SEVIM DAGDELEN