Guo Jiakun : We have emphasized more than once that trade and tariff wars have no winners.

Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Guo Jiakun’s Regular Press Conference on April 3, 2025

CCTV: On April 2 EST, the U.S. issued an executive order announcing that it will impose “reciprocal tariffs” on its major trading partners, including 34-percent tariffs on China (including Hong Kong and Macau). What’s China’s comment?
Guo Jiakun: The U.S. announced tariff hikes on imports from many countries, including China, under the pretext of reciprocity.

This gravely violates WTO rules, and undermines the rules-based multilateral trading system.

China firmly rejects this and will do what is necessary to defend our legitimate rights and interests.

We have emphasized more than once that trade and tariff wars have no winners. Protectionism leads nowhere. We urge the U.S. to stop doing the wrong thing, and resolve trade differences
with China and other countries through consultation with equality, respect and mutual benefit.