"Tariff war, trade war or any kind of war" - China: We are ready to fight the US to the end!
China said it was prepared to fight “any kind of war” with the United States as President Donald Trump ratchets up economic and political pressure on the country. “If war is what the US wants, whether it is a tariff war, a trade war or any other kind of war, we are ready to fight to the end ,” the Chinese Embassy in the US said in a post on X on Wednesday, signaling an increasingly aggressive stance toward the US.
The remarks came after Trump's additional 10% tariffs on imports from China took effect on Tuesday, bringing the cumulative tariffs imposed in just about a month to 20%.
" If the US has another agenda in mind and if the US wants to harm China's interests, we are ready to fight to the end. We call on the US to stop being domineering and return to the right track of dialogue and cooperation at an early date," a Chinese foreign ministry spokesman said on Wednesday.
In a swift response to the US duties, Beijing on Tuesday announced additional tariffs of up to 15% on certain US goods, starting from March 10, and a series of new export restrictions on certain US entities.
Responding to a question about the Chinese embassy comments, U.S. Defense Secretary Peter Hegseth said in an interview with Fox News on Wednesday that while the U.S. was not actively seeking conflict with China, the country was "prepared ." "We live in a dangerous world with powerful, rising nations with very different ideologies," he added, "If we want to deter war with the Chinese or others, we have to be strong."
Beijing's tariff action to target U.S. agricultural exports reflects an attempt to exert political pressure on Trump from farmers, a key Republican constituency, Gabriel Wildau, Teneo's managing director, said in a note.
Agricultural products are the biggest U.S. exports to China, with soybeans, which Beijing hit with new 10% tariffs, at the top of the list. During the recent U.S.-China trade war, Chinese tariffs prompted domestic importers to shift their soybean purchases to Brazil and Argentina.
With U.S. tariffs threatening to cut China's exports, a rare bright spot in a slowing economy, Beijing has signaled its willingness to use monetary and fiscal stimulus to cushion their impact this year.
Trump announced two rounds of tariffs on China in response to the Asian country's alleged role in the fentanyl trade. The addictive drug, whose precursors are produced mainly in China and Mexico, has led to tens of thousands of overdose deaths each year in the U.S. China has called the U.S. explanation for the fentanyl tariffs a " weak justification."
Following the initial round of new US tariffs in February, China's retaliatory measures included raising tariffs on certain US energy imports and placing two US companies on a list of unreliable entities that could limit their ability to do business in the Asian country.
China's relations with the US will see disagreements, but Beijing will not accept pressure or threats, Lou Qinjian, spokesman for the third session of the 14th National People's Congress, told reporters on Tuesday morning.
China's biggest political meeting of the year began Tuesday in Beijing, where the government set key economic targets for 2025 and will continue to unveil its economic plan for this year. The event is scheduled to end on March 11.
While it remains a base case that Washington and Beijing could reach an agreement to remove some tariffs after a series of negotiations, Wildau warned that the risks of a “broad and lasting disconnection of the two economies” were growing. China said in its government work report on Wednesday that it would increase defense spending by 7.2% this year to “safeguard” its national security.
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