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US-China trade war
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Letters | America’s tariff intimidation is the act of a modern-day barbarian

Readers discuss why China will never submit to US bullying, a tariff negotiation strategy, Donald Trump’s legacy, and why the US tariff offensive is in fact good for the world

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In reference to your recent reports on the United States’ imposition of tariffs as high as 104 per cent on Chinese goods as of April 9, I would like to reiterate the solemn position of the Chinese government.

The US, disregarding widespread opposition from the international community, has imposed indiscriminate tariff hikes on all trading partners on absurd pretexts. This is a typical example of unilateralism, protectionism and economic bullying, which seriously infringes upon the legitimate rights and interests of all countries, severely undermines the rules-based multilateral trading system and gravely disrupts the global economic order.

The US’ blatant imposition of tariffs as high as 104 per cent on Chinese goods is nothing short of naked intimidation and blackmail, which the Chinese side firmly rejects. Such actions by the US will never “make America great again”; instead, they have made America a barbarian of the 21st century.

According to your report, the US claims that China “wants to make a deal, badly, but they don’t know how to get it started. We are waiting for their call”.

The reality is that it is the US side that does not know how to get it started. Nor does it understand the art of dealing with China or other countries. Instead, it is obsessed with the “art” of bullying and blackmailing the entire world.

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