China said today it had already imposed retaliatory measures on US goods, moving immediately after Washington implemented tariffs on Chinese goods at the stroke of midnight.
"After the US activated its tariff measures against China, China's measures against the US took effect immediately," said Lu Kang, spokesman for the foreign ministry.
Lu declined to give precise details but the commerce ministry had previously released a list that matched Washington's USD 34 billion dollar for dollar.
"We never wanted to see the escalation of trade frictions into a trade war. A trade war is the last thing we want to see, because we said many times that no one will benefit from a trade war," said Lu.
"Bullying and threatening will lead to nowhere. Our position remains consistent and very clear."
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