This photo shows the general view of the live screening screen from the Chinese president of XI Jinping participating in the opening session of the National People's Congress (NPC), as you can see outside the shopping center in Beijing on March 5, 2025.
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China declared that he was prepared to fight “any type of war” from the USA, when President Donald Trump raises economic and political pressure to the country.
“If war is what the United States wants, be it a tariff war, trade war or any other type of war, we are ready to fight to the end,” said the Chinese embassy in the USA in the post on X, signaling an increasingly aggressive attitude towards the USA
Notes appeared when an additional 10% Trump tariffs for imports from China appeared on Tuesday, taking cumulative tariffs applied about a month to 20%.
“If the United States means another program, and if it harms China's interests, we are ready to fight to the end. We call the US to stop dominating and return to the proper dialogue and cooperation at the early date, “said spokesman of the Chinese Foreign Ministry on Wednesday.
In fast retaliation towards American duties, Beijing announced on Tuesday additional tariffs up to 15% for some American goods, from March 10 and a series of new export restrictions for designated American entities.
Answering the question about the comments of the Chinese embassy, defense secretary Peter HegeSeth, he said Interview with Fox News Wednesday that although the US did not look for a conflict with China, the country is “prepared”.
“We live in a dangerous world with powerful, powerful countries with very different ideologies,” he added, “If we want to stop the war with the Chinese or others, we must be strong.”
Beijing's tariff operation in order to direct agricultural exports in the US reflects the attempt to cause political pressure to Trump from farmers, a key republican district, said Gabriel Wildau, managing director of Teneo in the note.
Agricultural products are the largest Export in the USA to ChinaWith Soy – which Beijing achieved new duties of 10% – List. During the last US-Chinese trading war, Chinese tariffs encouraged national importers to change shopping Soy to Brazil and Argentina.
Because American tariffs threatening the incurrence of China's exports, a rare bright point in a slow economy, Beijing signaled his desire to use a monetary and fiscal stimulus to alleviate their influence this year.
Trump announced two rounds of China tariffs in response to the alleged role of the Asian country in fentanyl trade. Addicting medicine, precursors, to which they are produced mainly in China and Mexico, led to tens of thousands of overdose of overdose each year in the USA
China called American explanations related to fentanyl “French excuse.”
After the initial round of new American tariffs in February, they covered Chinese retaliation Raising duties on certain energy imports in the USA and placing two American companies on an unreliable list of entities that could limit their ability to conduct business in an Asian country.

China's relations from the USA will certainly see disputes, but Beijing does not accept pressure or threats, told Lou Qinjian journalists, spokesman for the third session of the 14th National Congress of the National Congress.
The largest Chinese political meeting of this year began on Tuesday in Beijing, where the government set key economic goals for 2025 and will continue to present its economic plans for this year. The event is to end on March 11.
Although it remains the basic scenario that Washington and Beijing could reach an agreement to withdraw some tariffs after a series of negotiations, Wildau warned that the risk of “wide and permanent separation of two economies” is growing.
China announced on Wednesday in their report about government work that it would increase it Defense expenses by 7.2% this year “Secure” your national security.
– Evelyn Cheng from CNBC, Hui Jie Lim contributed to the report.