{"id":2425715,"date":"2025-04-21T10:47:01","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T14:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-warns-of-countermeasures-against-countries-that-make-trade-deals-with-us\/"},"modified":"2025-04-21T10:50:41","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T14:50:41","slug":"china-warns-of-countermeasures-against-countries-that-make-trade-deals-with-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-warns-of-countermeasures-against-countries-that-make-trade-deals-with-us\/","title":{"rendered":"China warns of &#8216;countermeasures&#8217; against countries that make trade deals with US"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchina-warns-of-countermeasures-against-countries-that-make-trade-deals-with-us%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2425715&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>China has issued a warning to countries that engage in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">trade deals<\/a> with teh United States, stating that it will take &#8220;countermeasures&#8221; against those agreements that it perceives to be harmful to its interests. This statement was made by China&#8217;s Commerce Ministry, emphasizing that any deal that undermines China&#8217;s position will not be accepted. <\/p>\n<p>The tension stems from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-to-know-about-the-tariffs-and-threats-imposed-by-trump-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"What to know about the tariffs and threats imposed by Trump - Washington Examiner\">previous tariffs imposed<\/a> under the Trump governance, which included a 145% tariff on Chinese goods, leading china to retaliate with a 125% tariff on U.S. imports. Following the imposition of these tariffs, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/far-left-dems-hint-biden-should-abandon-gop-on-infrastructure\/\" title=\"Far-Left Dems Hint Biden Should Abandon GOP on Infrastructure\">negotiations began<\/a> between the U.S. and nations such as Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea. <\/p>\n<p>Despite the Trump administration&#8217;s optimism about potential alliances against china, the Chinese government has labeled U.S. tariffs as &#8220;economic bullying.&#8221; They remain open to negotiations with the U.S., but no updates have been announced. The ongoing tariff situation could impact American industries, especially during the holiday season, with warnings that prices in sectors like the toy industry could be affected. <\/p>\n<p>The article captures the complexity of U.S.-China trade relations and the implications of tariffs on global commerce.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">China warns other countries of &lsquo;countermeasures&rsquo; if new US trade deals oppose its interests<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2099936\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/china\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">China<\/a> said it would take &ldquo;countermeasures&rdquo; against countries that take <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trade\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">trade deals<\/a> with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/united-states\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">United States<\/a> that it deems to be detrimental to its interests.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration imposed a 145% tariff on China which countered with a 125% tariff on imports from the U.S.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3385772\/pope-francis-death-next-steps-new-pope-catholic-church\/\">What comes next after Pope Francis&#8217;s death? How the Vatican elects its new leader<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/magazine-features\/3331913\/watching-ailing-pontiff-pope-francis-what-comes-next-catholic-church\/\">Watching an ailing pontiff: What could come next for the Catholic Church<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3323777\/pope-francis-funeral-papal-rituals-catholic-leader-vatican\/\">Pope Francis funeral: How papal rituals will look different for the Catholic leader<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;China firmly opposes any party reaching a deal at the expense of China&rsquo;s interests,&rdquo; China&rsquo;s Commerce Ministry said in a statement. &ldquo;If this happens, China will never accept it and will resolutely take countermeasures in a reciprocal manner. China is determined and capable of safeguarding its own rights and interests.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The governments of Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea have begun trade negotiations with the Trump administration after the president enforced tariffs against most of America&rsquo;s trading partners.<\/p>\n<p>The tariffs were later paused after the stock market wavered and dropped, but taxes on China were increased. <\/p>\n<p>Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent expressed optimism earlier in April that the Trump administration could reach a deal with its allies, and added they could &ldquo;approach China as a group.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>China called America&rsquo;s tariffs against other countries &ldquo;economic bullying.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Appeasement cannot bring peace, and compromise cannot win respect,&rdquo; the statement continued. &ldquo;For one&rsquo;s own temporary selfish interests, sacrificing the interests of others in exchange for so-called exemptions is like seeking the skin from a tiger. It will ultimately only fail on both ends and harm others without benefiting themselves.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The country said it remains open to negotiating with the United States, but nothing has been announced. The tariffs will likely affect prices in sectors like America&rsquo;s toy industry. &ldquo;Christmas is in danger,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/chian-us-tariffs-retaliation-18b3da9bed1aa1b3ee3a79e91c197730\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">warned<\/a> Ahearn, president and CEO of the Toy Association.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/3227657\/trump-national-security-picks-loyalty-america-first-pro-israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>TRUMP NATIONAL SECURITY PICKS: LOYALTY, AMERICA FIRST, AND PRO-ISRAEL<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bessent expressed pessimism earlier this month over negotiations with China.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s unfortunate that the Chinese actually don&rsquo;t want to come and negotiate, because they are the worst offenders in the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">international trading system<\/a>,&rdquo; Bessent said. What Beijing &ldquo;should not do is try to devalue their way out of this,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2099936\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2099936\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China threatens &#8216;countermeasures&#8217; against nations making US trade deals that harm its interests<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2425716,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/China-xi-jinping-hhy6.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4501,53820,32402,51297,50822],"class_list":["post-2425715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-china","tag-countermeasures-2","tag-international-relations","tag-trade-deals","tag-us-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/China-xi-jinping-hhy6.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2425715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2425715"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2425715\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2425719,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2425715\/revisions\/2425719"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2425716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2425715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2425715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2425715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}