China Says U.S. Trade Pressure Won’t Work

Beijing is ‘fully prepared and will have to retaliate to defend national dignity and the people’s interests’

BEIJING—China fired back after the Trump administration threatened to double proposed tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese goods, saying it won’t yield to White House pressure.

“China has been fully prepared and will have to retaliate to defend national dignity and the people’s interests,” the Commerce Ministry said in a statement Thursday.

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