Business / Economics

China condemns Trump’s ‘tariff shocks’ at WTO

today19 February, 2025

Background
China condemned tariffs by US President Donald Trump at a World Trade Organization meeting , warning that such “tariff shocks” threaten to upend the global trading system and could risk a global recession. The US president announced 10% tariffs on all Chinese imports, prompting Beijing to respond with retaliatory tariffs and to file a WTO dispute against Washington. Laura Westbrook has more.

 

Written by: Leonard Witbeen