China accused this Monday to the United States to violate the 90 -day commercial truce between the two largest economies in the world, after the president Donald Trump He affirmed that it was Beijing who “totally violated” the agreement.
The declaration of the Chinese Ministry of Commerce crowned a tense weekend in relations between the US and China, which also included a speech by the Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, in which he assured that China “seeks to become a hegemonic power in Asia.”
As reported by the scope, last month, USA and China announced a 90 -day break In most reciprocal tariffs, which had exceeded 100%. Trump initially celebrated the truce as a “total restart”, but on Friday he published on his social truth platform that China had “totally violated” the agreement.
The Chinese Ministry of Commerce said Monday that, While China had actively implemented and defended the pactThe United States introduced a series of “discriminatory and restrictive measures against China” that “seriously undermine” the agreement. According to the Ministry, these measures include export controls of artificial intelligence chips, the informed suspension of the sale of chips design software to China, and the announcement of plans to revoke visas from Chinese students.
China’s words
“Instead of reflecting on their own actions, the United States has falsely accused China of violating consensus, which constitutes a serious distortion of the facts,” the statement said. “China firmly rejects these unfounded accusations.”
The Ministry urged the United States to “immediately correct their erroneous practices” and promised to take “firm and determined” if Washington “insists on acting unilaterally and continues to harm China’s interests”, although it did not give details.
It was the second consecutive day that China reproached the US for its accusations against Beijing. The Chinese government also spoke against Hegesh’s speech on Saturday, who urged the allies of the Indo-Pacific region to increase their expense in defense of what could be a “imminent” threat of China against Taiwan’s democratic and self-governor island.
“It should be clear to all that Beijing is preparing in a credible way to use military force and altering the balance of power in the Indo-Pacific,” Hegseth said during the Shangri-la dialog, an annual security forum held in Singapore.
On Sunday, China said he had presented a “energetic” protest to the United States for Hegseth’s comments, which he described as “provocative and intentionally to sow discord.”
“Hegesh deliberately ignored the call of the countries of the region for peace and development, instead promoted a cold war mentality based on block confrontation, defamated China with slanderous accusations and falsely presented it as a ‘threat,” said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a statement.
“The US government has deployed offensive armament in the South China Sea and continues to fueling tensions in the Asia-Pacific region, making it a dusty,” the ministry added.
For his part, US Treasury Secretary.
Source: Ambito
