China Channels Michelle Obama in Trade War Barb Aimed at Trump
- ‘They go low, we go high,’ Chinese commerce official says
- Comments come as Trump administration threatens new tariffs
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Chinese officials are invoking a favorite rallying cry of President Donald Trump’s political opponents as the U.S. leader escalates his trade war with Beijing.
“They go low, we go high,” said Li Chenggang, an assistant minister at China’s Ministry of Commerce, employing a slogan popularized in the 2016 presidential campaign by former First Lady Michelle Obama. The remark was greeted with applause Wednesday in Beijing, where Li was addressing a forum with the City of Chicago, the political base of former President Barack Obama and his wife.