Ships are berthed at the container terminal of the port in Qingdao, in China's eastern Shandong province on October 9, 2025. AFP/Getty Images Hong Kong —

Beijing has vowed countermeasures against Washington if US President Donald Trump makes good on his threat to impose new 100% tariffs on Chinese goods.

Trump’s threat came after China unleashed a raft of export restrictions on rare earth minerals last week. The escalating tensions threaten to derail months of progress in trade talks.

“Resorting to threats of high tariffs is not the right way to engage with China,” a spokesperson for the Ministry of Commerce said Sunday, in Beijing’s first comments on the Trump threat. “Our position on a tariff war remains consistent – we do not want one, but we are not afraid of one.”

“If the U

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