The Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded to the US's imposition of 125% tariffs on China: China is unwilling to fight a tariff war, but it is not afraid to fight

Regarding the US announcement of a 125% tariff on China, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said that out of selfishness, the US has used tariffs as a weapon to apply maximum pressure and seek personal gain. It has seriously violated the legitimate rights and interests of all countries, seriously violated the rules of the World Trade Organization, seriously damaged the rules-based multilateral trading system, and seriously impacted the stability of the global economic order. This is blatantly risking the world and opposing the whole world. I would like to stress again that there is no winner in a tariff war and a trade war. China is unwilling to fight, but it is not afraid to fight. We will never sit idly by and watch the legitimate rights and interests of the Chinese people be deprived, and will never sit idly by while international economic and trade rules and the multilateral trading system are destroyed. If the US insists on fighting a tariff war and a trade war, China will definitely accompany it to the end. The United States puts its own interests above the public interest of the international community, and serves the hegemonic interests of the United States at the expense of the legitimate interests of all countries in the world, which will inevitably meet stronger opposition from the international community. (CCTV News)