China Dubs United States Rates ‘Cold War Mentality’, he says he could seriously affect conversations

China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs criticized the United States on Friday to threaten to impose an additional 10 percent rate on Chinese imports, to measure a sign of “mentality of the cold war” and promising to retaliate, Reuters reported.

On Thursday, President Donald Trump also threatened that in March 4An additional tax to 10 percent to Chinese imports would be applied, apart from rates of 25 percent applicable in China, Canada and Mexico.

The Secretary of State of the United States, Marco Rubio, also doubled China’s accusations that supply the United States fentanyl. The China Ministry of Commerce responded by saying that the country had one of the strictest anti -drug policies in the world.

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Beijing said Trump was using China to “change the fault” for the country’s fentanyl problem. In addition, they warned that such retaliation tariffs could “seriously impact dialogue” between the two countries and equivalent to “blackmail.”

“Pressure, coercion and threats are not the correct way to deal with China. Mutual respect is the basic premise. The United States continues to coercion and threatening China, which will only be counterproductive about itself, ”said the spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lin Jian, as cited by Reuters.

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The China Ministry of Commerce declared that although it would like to hold bilateral conversations, it would also take the necessary countermeasures to tariffs if they are forced to do so.

“If the United States insists on proceeding with this course of action, China will take all the necessary countermeasures to safeguard their legitimate rights and interests,” said the ministry.

China’s Givkal Dragonomics Research Deputy Director told Reuters: “There has been much motion, but it is not yet clear exactly what is the fundamental objective of the Trump administration with respect to China.”

While Donald Trump has threatened high tariffs against China since he assumed the position of his second term as president of the United States, in the first conversations with Chinese Prime Minister Xi Jinping, he said they had a “friendly” conversation and had discussed the problem of fentanyl drugs, as well as other fair trade practices.