On March 3rd, Eastern Time, the United States announced that it would impose another 10% tariff on Chinese products exported to the United States from March 4th on the grounds of fentanyl and other issues. China is strongly dissatisfied with this and firmly opposes it. It will take countermeasures to firmly safeguard its own rights and interests.

China is one of the countries with the strictest drug control policies and the most thorough implementation in the world. China and the United States have carried out extensive and in-depth drug control cooperation and achieved remarkable results. However, the United States "shifted the blame" and made mistakes again and again, and imposed tariffs on Chinese products exported to the United States on the grounds of fentanyl. This practice of the United States disregards facts, international trade rules and the voices of all parties, and is a typical act of unilateralism and bullying.

China has repeatedly stated that the unilateral tariffs of the United States violate the rules of the World Trade Organization and undermine the multilateral trading system. Not only can it not solve its own problems, but it will also cause damage to China-US economic and trade cooperation and the normal international trade order. China urges the United States to respect the rights and interests of other countries and immediately withdraw its unreasonable and unfounded unilateral tariff measures that harm others and do not benefit itself. We hope that the US will view and handle the issue objectively and rationally, and return to the right track of properly resolving differences through equal dialogue as soon as possible.