<p class="title">China said today it had already imposed retaliatory measures on US goods, moving immediately after Washington implemented tariffs on Chinese goods at the stroke of midnight.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"After the US activated its tariff measures against China, China's measures against the US took effect immediately," said Lu Kang, spokesman for the foreign ministry.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Lu declined to give precise details but the commerce ministry had previously released a list that matched Washington's USD 34 billion dollar for dollar.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We never wanted to see the escalation of trade frictions into a trade war. A trade war is the last thing we want to see, because we said many times that no one will benefit from a trade war," said Lu.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Bullying and threatening will lead to nowhere. Our position remains consistent and very clear."</p>.<p class="bodytext">China's commerce ministry earlier today accused the US of launching the "largest trade war in economic history," saying it could trigger "global market turmoil".</p>.<p class="bodytext">Today's tariffs could mark the opening skirmishes of an escalating tit-for-tat trade war, as Trump has vowed to impose duties on as much as USD 450 billion in Chinese goods -- the vast majority of all of China's exports to the US.</p>
<p class="title">China said today it had already imposed retaliatory measures on US goods, moving immediately after Washington implemented tariffs on Chinese goods at the stroke of midnight.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"After the US activated its tariff measures against China, China's measures against the US took effect immediately," said Lu Kang, spokesman for the foreign ministry.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Lu declined to give precise details but the commerce ministry had previously released a list that matched Washington's USD 34 billion dollar for dollar.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We never wanted to see the escalation of trade frictions into a trade war. A trade war is the last thing we want to see, because we said many times that no one will benefit from a trade war," said Lu.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Bullying and threatening will lead to nowhere. Our position remains consistent and very clear."</p>.<p class="bodytext">China's commerce ministry earlier today accused the US of launching the "largest trade war in economic history," saying it could trigger "global market turmoil".</p>.<p class="bodytext">Today's tariffs could mark the opening skirmishes of an escalating tit-for-tat trade war, as Trump has vowed to impose duties on as much as USD 450 billion in Chinese goods -- the vast majority of all of China's exports to the US.</p>