China has revealed the details of its response to new tariffs from the United States on its exports, with its commerce ministry adding a group of US firms to its export control list and another to its unreliable entity list, slapping additional tariffs of 10-15 per cent on selected American goods and announcing plans to bring a case to the World Trade Organization over the matter.
A 15 per cent duty will be applied to imports of US poultry and agricultural products including wheat, corn and cotton, the ministry said.
The set of countermeasures, unveiled on Tuesday, follows the levying of import duties by US President Donald Trump on China and other trading partners, which took effect the same day. Trump effectively doubled the universal tariffs on Chinese goods that were already in effect โ rising from 10 per cent to 20 per cent โ and imposed 25 per cent tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico.
Earlier on Tuesday, Beijing expressed strong opposition to the actions from Washington, vowing to take โall necessary countermeasuresโ to defend its interests.
โWe urge the United States to immediately withdraw the unreasonable unilateral tariffs,โ a ministry spokesman said in an online statement.
โWe should return to a path towards equal talks to resolve differences.โ