China has hit back against new US trade investigations into its exports, escalating trade tensions just weeks ahead of a planned visit to Beijing by President Donald Trump.
Beijing’s commerce ministry said on Friday it was initiating two probes into the US’s so-called “section 301” investigations into China and scores of other countries. Washington announced the investigations this month after the US Supreme Court in April ruled that Trump’s “liberation day” tariffs were illegal.
“The Ministry of Commerce will . . . advance the investigation into barriers imposed by the United States, and take corresponding measures . . . to resolutely safeguard its legitimate rights,” the Chinese ministry said.
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