China accuses US of 'pressure, threats and blackmail' in trade war
China accuses US of 'pressure, threats and blackmail' in trade war

China accuses the United States of "pressure, threats and blackmail" after President Donald Trump floated additional tariffs of 50 percent on the world's second-largest economy.

"Tariff wars have no winners, and protectionism has no way out," says foreign ministry spokesman Lin Jian.