China Accuses U.S. of ‘Double Standards’ Over New Tariffs Threat

File image of the exterior of the Chinese Ministry of Commerce headquarters in Beijing ( The Yomiuri Shimbun ) (Photo by Ichiro Ohara / Yomiuri / The Yomiuri Shimbun via AFP)

China accused the United States of “double standards” on Sunday, after President Donald Trump threatened an additional 100 percent tariff on the world’s second-largest economy.

Trump reignited his trade war with China on Friday, accusing Beijing of imposing “extraordinarily aggressive” new export curbs relating to rare earths.

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