China vows to fight Washington on tariff hike

Talks have renewed in the Trump administration’s threat to hike tariffs on China, and the Chinese government has again vowed to fight back if Washington proceeds.

A foreign ministry spokeswoman complained the U.S. decision to renew a threat to raise duties on a $50 billion list of Chinese goods conflicts with an agreement in mid-May aimed at settling that dispute, the Associated Press reports.

It was thought the conflict was on hold following a promise to buy more U.S. goods in order to narrow China’s multibillion-dollar trade surplus with the United States.

The full list of imports that will be covered will be announced by June 15, the report said.

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