{"id":14411,"date":"2025-10-14T14:21:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T14:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/china-calls-for-us-to-withdraw-tariff-threat\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T14:21:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T14:21:09","slug":"china-calls-for-us-to-withdraw-tariff-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/china-calls-for-us-to-withdraw-tariff-threat\/","title":{"rendered":"China calls for US to withdraw tariff threat"},"content":{"rendered":"<div xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\">\n<div>\n<p>                                <bsp-timestamp data-timestamp=\"1760347983000\" data-recent-thresholdinhours=\"1\">                    <template data-date-tpl>Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year]<\/template>                    <span data-date><\/span>                <\/bsp-timestamp>            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                                        <bsp-page-actions>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=apnews\">                <\/a>                            <\/bsp-page-actions>                                                                                            <\/div>\n<div>\n<p>BANGKOK (AP) &mdash; China did not back down Monday in a back-and-forth with the U.S. over trade, calling for U.S. President Donald Trump to withdraw his latest threat of a 100% tariff and other export control measures announced over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>In the latest escalation of the trade war between the two nations, Trump issued the <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-xi-china-cc47e258cfc6336dfddcc20fa67a3642\">tariff threat on all Chinese imports<\/a><\/span>  into the U.S. after China placed stricter restrictions Thursday on rare earths, a vital resource used in electronics. <\/p>\n<p>The Chinese announcement was an apparent surprise to Trump, who called it an &ldquo;out of the blue&rdquo; move. While Trump did not withdraw the economic threat, he sounded <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/china-us-trump-tariff-threat-trade-talks-cc4bd30c3b1bcf2eb2676bc0e66efba0\">more conciliatory<\/a><\/span>  than in the past, saying in a Truth Social post Sunday, &ldquo;The U.S.A. wants to help China, not hurt it!!!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>China&rsquo;s Ministry of Commerce issued a lengthy response Sunday saying the U.S. was &ldquo;severely damaging the atmosphere of trade negotiations.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;China urges the U.S. to promptly correct its erroneous practices,&rdquo; Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Lin Jian said Monday. &ldquo;If the U.S. insists on going its own way, China will certainly take resolute measures to safeguard its legitimate rights and interests.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Both nations have leveraged multiple dimensions of the trade relationship in the trade war, with actions ranging from U.S. restrictions on China&rsquo;s ability to import advanced computer chips, China ending purchases of <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/soybeans-trade-tariff-china-united-states-export-025792707c4e4e91d975f8558edae1d8\">American soybeans<\/a><\/span>  and an exchange of <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/china-us-port-fees-a67996522d4705e663e37515fa45baf5\">tit-for-tat port fees<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Economic indicators show the retaliatory actions and uncertainty are impacting trade between the countries. Chinese <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/china-trade-trump-tariffs-exports-4d65b77167ed9193244942923f0eef8d\">trade data release Monday<\/a><\/span>  showed exports to the U.S. have fallen for six straight months, dropping 27% in September from the year before.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/china-us-tariffs-trade-threat-trump-b6d31ad1e1ace22872a8521e8545c993\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] BANGKOK (AP) &mdash; China did not back down Monday in a back-and-forth with the U.S. over trade, calling for U.S. President Donald Trump to withdraw his latest threat of a 100% tariff and other export control measures announced over the weekend. 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