After the recent customs threat from Washington, China indirectly criticized the United States in the ongoing trade dispute.
“At the moment, some countries are involved in the market with the argument of risk reduction, impose tariffs, take restrictive measures and other means to advance the so-called return of the processing industry,” said Vice Prime Minister He Lifeng at the opening of the supply chain fair in Beijing.
China is against the “artificial politicization and ideologization” of trade questions, said He. He did not call specific countries. There were no winners in an customs war, but he emphasized. He had cited China’s delegations at the customs negotiations with the USA in Geneva and London.
Liefing chains had been internationally focused on since April after China had massively restricted the export of rare earths and the United States had also announced tariffs against numerous states. Many companies in Germany also worried that they could assume the important raw materials from China.