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“We are Chinese. We are not afraid of provocations. We don’t back down,” Mao Ning, spokesperson for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said Thursday in a post on X.
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Trump's tariff rollout includes a 10% tariff on imported goods across for a majority of countries worldwide, but other nations were hit harder.
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Trump said Wednesday he will pause reciprocal tariffs for 90 days to more than 75 U.S. trading partners except for China, whose tariff rate he said will increase to 125%, effective immediately.

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