Following Trump’s decision, the Conference Board imposed duties that Alfredo Montufar-Helu, chairman of the China Center, described as a “restrained,
Targeted approach aimed at causing pain to those industries that matter most to the supporters of the Trump administration.”
After announcing on Twitter that it was prepared for “war,” the Chinese embassy has now doubled down. The message read: “If war is what the U.S.
Wants, be it a tariff war, a trade war or any other type of war, we’re ready to fight till the end.” The statement is in line with remarks made on March 4 by Lin Jian,
A spokesman for China’s Foreign Ministry, who said that if the US kept on “waging a tariff war, trade war, or any other kind of war,” China would “fight till the end.”
