China slams Trump-imposed ‘arbitrary tariffs,’ vows retaliation against US

FoxNewschiefnationalsecuritycorrespondentJenniferGriffinreportsonthetenseforeignrelationsbetweentheU.S.andChinaon‘SpecialReport.’ ChineseForeignMinisterWangYionFridayaccusedtheUnitedStatesof“meetinggoodwithevil”forimposinganewroundof“arbitrarytariffs”andvowedretaliation.  ThefierywordsfromWangcameduringaFridaynewsconferenceonthesidelinesofChina’sannualparliamentarysession,justdaysaftertheU.S.levieddutiesagainstChina–aswellasCanadaandMexico–overaccusationsoffentanylsmuggling. Allcountrieshavecalledtheseallegationsunjustified,withChinamaintainingithasdonealotinrecentyearstocurbtheexportsofindustrialchemicalsthatareusedtomakefentanyl–which,Wangalleged,havebeenwithpunitivetariffs.  MinistryspokespersonLinJianearlierthisweekarguedthatfentanylwasa“flimsyexcuse”toraisetariffsonChineseimports,cautioningthat“intimidationdoesnotscareus”and“bullying̶