BEIJING: China vowed on Tuesday (Apr 14) it might impose “countermeasures” if United States President Donald Trump made good on his risk to impose new tariffs following reviews Beijing has equipped or intends to produce weapons to Iran.
Trump – who’s scheduled to go to Beijing subsequent month for talks with counterpart Xi Jinping – stated on Sunday he would hit China’s items with a 50 per cent tariff if it offered navy help to Tehran.
His feedback got here the identical day US outlet CNN reported that US intelligence indicated China was making ready to ship new air defence methods to Iran inside the subsequent few weeks, citing three folks accustomed to the assessments.
Over the weekend, The New York Occasions quoted US officers as saying US intelligence recommended Beijing may need already despatched a cargo of shoulder-fired missiles.
