China says it will defend its national interests after Donald Trump’s latest comments on imposing tariffs on Chinese goods.
The US president said his administration is considering introducing import taxes of 10% as early as next week.
He says the measure would be in response to China supplying Mexico and Canada with the synthetic opioid drug – Fentanyl.
Al Jazeera’s Katrina Yu is in Beijing for China’s reactions and Kimberly Halkett is at the White House.
Jayant Menon is a former Lead Economist at the Asian Development Bank. He says tariffs are likely to do more harm than good.
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