China threatened on Monday to take “countermeasures” against countries that agree to trade deals with the United States “at the expense of China’s interests.”
The country’s warning to nations around the globe comes as the Trump administration continues negotiations on trade and tariffs. Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India — one of China’s biggest economic adversaries — is set to meet with Vice President JD Vance this week in New Delhi, where the two are expected to discuss a bilateral trade deal.
A spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Commerce said on Monday that the United States “has abused tariffs on all its trading partners under the banner of so-called ‘reciprocity,’ while at the same time forcing all parties to start so-called ‘reciprocal tariff negotiations’ with it.”
“It should be pointed out in particular that China firmly opposes any party…
