Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin called this news unconfirmed and stated the need to develop trade relations between the two countries.

“We do not comment on unconfirmed news. Maintaining the healthy and stable development of US-China trade and economic relations is in line with the fundamental interests of the two countries and their peoples, and contributes to the growth of the global economy,” TASS quotes him as saying.

Earlier, The Washington Post wrote that Trump, if re-elected as US President, could impose duties of 60% on imports from China.