MNI: China Rallies World to Fight US on Trade: Media Roundup

By Sherry Qin

     BEIJING (MNI) - The following lists media reaction in China after U.S.

President Donald Trump's announcement on Friday to impose 25% tariffs on USD50

billion worth of Chinese exports:

     - Given the frequent flip-flopping of President Donald Trump's

administration, it is still too early to conclude a full-blown war will be

underway. -- China Daily

     - China will impose an additional 25-percent tariffs starting July 6 on 545

products from the US including soybeans, electric cars, orange juice, whiskey,

salmon and cigars. China noticed that the U.S. had threatened to impose

additional tariffs should China take retaliatory measures. "This logic of a

typical bully won't make China flinch" and China is ready to take corresponding

measures. -- China Daily

     - The world's major economies, such as China and Europe, should join hands

to fight back to teach the US a lesson that it must pay a dear price if it

stubbornly sticks to its own way regardless of the interests of other countries.

- China Daily

     - China has the capability and need to resolutely strike back at the

"irresponsible conduct" after the U.S. administration slapped tariffs on its

imports. "Tariff-raising of equal scale and strength will strike hard" at the

U.S. China has seen more clearly President Donald Trump's "barbaric,

unreasonable, selfish and reckless" self, and will teach the "warmonger and

provocateur" a lesson. -- People's Daily

     - All recent economic and trade outcomes negotiated by China and the U.S.

will be invalid, China is consistently opposed to a trade war, which will hurt

global interests. China and other countries shall act together to resist this

outdated measure and firmly safeguard the mutual interests. -- Xinhua News

Agency citing Foreign Ministry

     - The U.S. will eventually pay the price. With the change of global trade

environment, the U.S. has become less competitive in the global context; thus it

is eager to take unilateralist an protectionist measures to practice the

"American priority" strategy - Xinhua News Agency .

--MNI Beijing Bureau; +86 10 8532 5998; email: william.bi@mni-news.com

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