CHINA said today that it would “fight to the end” and take countermeasures against the US to protect its interests after President Donald Trump threatened an additional 50 per cent tariff on Chinese imports.

The Commerce Ministry called the US’s move of “so-called ‘reciprocal tariffs’” as “completely groundless” and “a typical unilateral bullying practice.”

In response to the original hike, China, the world’s second-largest economy, announced retaliatory tariffs and the ministry hinted that further measures may be on the way.