China Warns of ‘Justified and Necessary Response’ to Trade War
- Foreign minister says China not U.S.’s ‘strategic competitor’
- Wang vows ‘justified and necessary response’ to trade threats
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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi criticized the U.S.’s decision to brand the country as a “strategic competitor,” dismissing the notion that it poses a threat to the world’s biggest economy.
Wang told a briefing on the sidelines of China’s national legislative session Thursday that the designation included in recent Trump administration national security documents was “fundamentally wrong.” The foreign minister said Beijing was committed to peaceful development, and greater cooperation was needed to address issues like trade and North Korea.