Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 04:49am on 17 Apr 2025,Thursday International
China has strongly responded to Donald Trump’s announcement of up to 245% tariffs on Chinese imports, warning, “If the US continues to play the tariff numbers game, we will pay no attention to it.” The sharp retaliation came after the White House cited China’s export bans on key high-tech materials, including gallium and rare earth metals, as a threat to global supply chains. Beijing slammed the move as damaging to global trade and the multilateral system. This escalation deepens the ongoing US-China trade war, with both nations imposing steep tariffs amid rising economic and geopolitical tensions.
