- Title: China will take 'all necessary measures', after latest US tariffs take effect
- Date: 12th March 2025
- Summary: BEIJING, CHINA (MARCH 12, 2025) (REUTERS) CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESPERSON MAO NING WALKING INTO CONFERENCE ROOM JOURNALISTS SEATED (SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESPERSON, MAO NING, SAYING: “China has always believed that protectionism has no way out, and there are no winners in trade wars and tariff wars. This is also the general consensus of th
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- Keywords: China US aluminium duties levies steel tariffs trade
- Location: TANGSHAN, WUXI, BEIJING, CHINA
- City: TANGSHAN, WUXI, BEIJING, CHINA
- Country: China
- Topics: Asia / Pacific,Government/Politics,International Trade
- Reuters ID: LVA003819312032025RP1
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- Story Text: China will take all necessary measures to safeguard its rights and interests, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Wednesday (March 12), after U.S. President Donald Trump's increased tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports took effect.
The U.S. move violated World Trade Organization rules, said Mao Ning, spokesperson at the Chinese foreign ministry at a regular news conference.
Trump's tariffs scaled up a campaign to reorder global trade in favour of the U.S. and also drew swift retaliation from Europe.
Analysts say the levies of 25% on all American imports of steel and aluminum could extend the duties to hundreds of downstream products made from the metals, from nuts and bolts to bulldozer blades and soda cans.
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