China securely opposes any offer in between the United States and its trading partners at the expense of Chinese interests, a representative for the Ministry of Commerce stated on Monday.If such a scenario occurs, China will decline it and will resolutely take matching countermeasures, stated the spokesperson in a statement, including that the country has both the resolve and the ability to protect its legitimate rights and interests.The representative made the remarks when responding to reports that the United States is preparing to press other countries to limit trade ties with China in exchange for tariff exemptions.Under the guise of so-called reciprocity, the United States has been just recently arbitrarily imposing tariffs on all its trading partners while pushing them to engage in so-called reciprocal tariff negotiations, stated the representative.
This is essentially utilizing the banner of reciprocity as a pretext to pursue hegemonic politics and unilateral bullying in the field of worldwide economy and trade, the representative said.The representative stressed that appeasement does not bring peace, compromise does not result in respect, and attempts to trade the interests of others for tariff exemptions are doomed to fail and will ultimately hurt all parties involved.China respects all celebrations that seek to fix their trade disagreements with the United States through equal assessment, the spokesperson said, contacting all parties to base on the side of fairness and justice, line up with the best side of history, and uphold international economic and trade guidelines and the multilateral trading system.In the face of unilateralism and protectionism, no country can remain unaffected, the spokesperson said.
Once worldwide trade goes back to the law of the jungle, where the strong prey on the weak, all countries will suffer, the representative added.China is prepared to deal with all parties to strengthen uniformity and coordination, collectively oppose unilateral bullying, safeguard respective legitimate rights and interests, and uphold worldwide fairness and justice, the spokesperson stated.