If US wants to fight, we’ll fight to the end, says China
Amid simmering trade tensions, China hit out at the US, accusing it of “resorting to intimidation and coercion”.
Reacting to the US’ tariff hikes on $200 billion Chinese imports, China raised tariffs on $60 billion American imports and initiated a probe into the US delivery group — FedEx.
“The China-US economic and trade consultations have been severely frustrated by the US tariff increases and (Washington’s) abuse of export controls by including Chinese companies on the entities list,” said Wang Shouwen, deputy head of China’s negotiating team, Sunday.
“The more the US government is offered, the more it wants…Resorting to intimidation and coercion, it persisted with exorbitant demands,” added Wang.
Chinese Defence Minister Wei Fenge, speaking at Shangri La Security Dialogue in Singapore, also attacked the US Sunday.
“If the US wants (more trade talks), we will keep the door open — if they want a fight, we will fight to the end,” said Wei.
Trump to arrive in UK for three-day state visit
US President Donald Trump will arrive in the UK Monday for a three-day official state visit.
During his visit, Trump and First Lady Melania Trump would be hosted at the Buckingham Palace by the Queen.
On the other hand, protests have been planned across the UK during the visit, including rallies in London, Manchester, Belfast, Birmingham and Nottingham.
In an interview to The Sun, Trump backed Conservative leader and former Defence Secretary Boris Johnson as the next UK prime minister.
This comes after current Prime Minister Theresa May announced to resign on 7 June.
Meanwhile, Trump also extended his support to leading Brexit advocate Nigel Farage and said that he should be involved in UK’s withdrawal negotiations with the European Union.
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