{"id":18964,"date":"2025-03-07T13:22:38","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T07:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/?p=18964"},"modified":"2025-03-07T13:22:38","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T07:37:38","slug":"chinas-foreign-minister-criticizes-us-tariffs-and-accuses-the-country-of-meeting-good-with-evil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/chinas-foreign-minister-criticizes-us-tariffs-and-accuses-the-country-of-meeting-good-with-evil\/","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s foreign minister criticizes US tariffs and accuses the country of \u2018meeting good with evil\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said China will continue to retaliate to the United States\u2019 \u201carbitrary tariffs\u201d and accused Washington of \u201cmeeting good with evil\u201d in a press conference Friday on the sidelines of the country\u2019s annual parliamentary session.<\/p>\n

Wang said China\u2019s efforts to help the U.S. contain its fentanyl crisis have been met with punitive tariffs, which are straining the ties between the countries.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo country should fantasize that it can suppress China and maintain a good relationship with China at the same time,\u201d Wang said. \u201cSuch two-faced acts are not good for the stability of bilateral relations or for building mutual trust.\u201d<\/p>\n

The two countries have been reengaging in tit-for-tat retaliatory tariffs since U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s return to office in January. The U.S. has imposed flat tariffs of 20% of all Chinese imports, while Beijing has countered with additional 15% duties on U.S. imports including chicken, pork, soy and beef, and expanded controls on doing business with key U.S. companies.<\/p>\n

Regarding the Trump administration\u2019s policy of safeguarding U.S. interests above international cooperation, Wang said such an approach, if adopted by every country in the world, would result in the \u201claw of the jungle.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSmall and weak countries will get burnt first, and the international order and rules will be under severe shock,\u201d Wang said. \u201cMajor countries should undertake their international obligations \u2026 and not seek to profit from and bully the weak.\u201d<\/p>\n

On the Ukraine war, Wang reiterated China\u2019s stance of supporting conflict resolution through political negotiations. Wang said that in hindsight, the Ukraine conflict \u201ccould have been avoided.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAll parties should learn something from the crisis,\u201d he said. \u201cAmong many other things, security should be mutual and equal, and no country should build its security on the insecurity of another.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wang stressed that China-Russia relations are as strong as ever despite recent consultations between the U.S. and Russia on ending the Ukraine war. He said Beijing and Moscow are planning joint celebrations this year marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II.<\/p>\n

On Taiwan, the island democracy China claims as its own, Wang said \u201cTaiwan has never been a country and will never be a country in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAdvocating for Taiwan independence is splitting the country, supporting Taiwan independence is interfering in China\u2019s internal affairs, and conniving for Taiwan independence is undermining the stability of the Taiwan Strait,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Those who support Taiwan\u2019s independence are \u201conly playing with fire and will burn themselves,\u201d Wang said.<\/p>\n

Asked about Trump\u2019s plan to take control of Gaza and resettle Palestinians in neighboring countries, Wang said Gaza belongs to the Palestinians and any forced change of the territory\u2019s status would trigger new turbulence. He said China backs the peace plan put forth by Egypt and other Arab countries and reiterated Beijing\u2019s support for a two-state solution for Palestine and Israel.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Israeli-Palestinian conflict takes place again and again simply because the two-state solution is only half-achieved,\u201d Wang said. \u201cThe state of Israel has long been a reality, but the state of Palestine is still far beyond reach.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said China will continue to retaliate to the United States\u2019 \u201carbitrary tariffs\u201d and accused Washington of \u201cmeeting good with evil\u201d in a press conference Friday on the sidelines of the country\u2019s annual parliamentary session. Wang said China\u2019s efforts to help the U.S. contain its fentanyl crisis have been met with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18965,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18964"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18964"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18964\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18966,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18964\/revisions\/18966"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}