China: Beijing warns US that new tariffs will be met with 'counteractions'

W/S Chinese Commerce Ministry spokesperson Gao Feng walking to podium, Beijing
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SOT, Gao Feng, Chinese Ministry of Commerce [MOFCOM] spokesperson (Mandarin): "Hong Kong affairs are purely China's internal affairs. We have noticed that President Trump has previously stated that Hong Kong is part of China and they must resolve it themselves without intervention. We hope that the US can do what they say."
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SOT, Gao Feng, Chinese Ministry of Commerce [MOFCOM] spokesperson (Mandarin): "We have noticed the relevant announcement by the US. Although the US will postpone the tariffs on some of China's exports to the United States, any new tariff measures by the US will unilaterally lead to escalation of trade friction, seriously violating the agreement reached in Osaka by the leaders of China and the United States. The Chinese side is firmly opposed to this. If the US is willing to go its own way, China will have to take corresponding counteractions. At the same time, the US postponing the tariffs on some goods fully explains that there is no winners in the trade war. If the trade frictions continue to develop, the American consumers and businesses will suffer heavy losses."
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W/S Gao Feng leaving press conference
SCRIPT
Chinese Ministry of Commerce spokesperson Gao Feng pointed fingers at the US during a weekly press conference in Beijing on Thursday, stating "if the US is willing to go its own way, China will have to take corresponding counteractions".
He also added that "any new tariff measures by the US will unilaterally lead to escalation of trade frictions, seriously violating the agreement reached in Osaka by the leaders of China and the United States."
Commenting on the ongoing Hong Kong protests, Gao stated that "Hong Kong affairs are purely China's internal affairs". "We have noticed that President Trump has previously stated that Hong Kong is part of China and they must resolve it themselves without intervention. We hope that the US can do what they say," he emphasised.