China retaliates against US tariff hikes but leaves room for dialogue

Minutes after US President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff hikes on Chinese goods kicked in on Feb4, Beijing fired off a series of retaliatory salvos of its own: a carefully crafted basket of measures that signals China’s resolve yet leaves space for dialogue. Asst Prof Dylan Loh, a Chinese foreign policy expert at NTU, said: “There is certainly more (that China) could do, but they would not want to show all their cards now.” China’s current response “allows both countries to have an off-ramp and to keep the tariffs imposed on each other manageable”, he added.

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