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China’s imperishable typical to the United Nations, Fu Cong, has warned the US against a trade war aft Donald Trump imposed 10 per cent tariffs connected each Chinese goods.
“The satellite is entering a precise turbulent period. So arsenic the 2 biggest countries, we don’t request to combat each other,” helium said astatine a quality briefing for the commencement of China’s month-long presidency of the UN Security Council (UNSC).
“I bash anticipation that contempt each the rhetoric that we person heard from the American politicians, we tin instrumentality a constructive and I volition emphasise a nonrecreational attack to our enactment present successful the United Nations and truthful overmuch is astatine stake,” helium added.
The imposition of a 10 per cent levy connected Chinese goods imported into the US “seriously violates the WTO rules”, China’s commerce ministry said successful a connection connected Sunday, adding that it would “resolutely support its rights”.
Mr Fu warned that “there is nary victor successful a commercialized warfare and we bash anticipation that the US should look astatine his ain problems”. He added that China whitethorn beryllium forced to instrumentality “counter-measures”.
“There are truthful galore things that request the practice of the 2 countries. Targeting China is not the close mode forward.”
China past held the UNSC presidency successful November 2023. The Security Council has 15 members – 5 are imperishable and 10 rotate for two-year terms. Each holds the presidency for a period and sets agendas for the organisation.
Mr Fu besides rejected US claims that China is liable for its fentanyl crisis, calling them baseless. Trump has cited fentanyl trafficking arsenic a crushed for tariffs, accusing China of not stopping the travel of chemicals to criminals.
The opioid causes astir 70,000 overdose deaths successful the US each year.
Mr Fu said: “China is 1 of the countries that has … the astir stringent regulations connected fentanyl. We person regulations connected each fentanyl-related substances. China is the lone state that puts the full class of fentanyl-related substance nether regulation.”
He said that the US should “look astatine the request broadside of the fentanyl alternatively than shifting the blasted onto others”.
Mr Fu stated that China’s overseas minister, Wang Yi, volition seat a UN Security Council gathering connected multilateralism connected 18 February, describing it arsenic a imaginable accidental for dialog and for US secretary of state Marco Rubio to prosecute with Chinese officials.
“We request to enactment unneurotic and combat the communal enemies of the world, similar terrorism, similar climate change,” helium said. “And so, targeting China is not the close mode forward.”
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