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'Major powers should not bully the weak', China foreign minister says

The U.S. levied an additional 10 percent tariff on Chinese imports this week over the continued flow of the deadly opioid fentanyl into the country, threatening to worsen an escalatory spiral of trade actions.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaks at a press conference on the sidelines of the National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing, China March 7, 2025. / REUTERS/Go Nakamura

Beijing will "resolutely counter" U.S. pressure on tariffs and the fentanyl issue, China's foreign minister said on March. 7, adding that major powers "should not bully the weak", in a veiled swipe at the Trump administration's foreign policy.

Top diplomat Wang Yi also presented China as a reliable global power in the midst of geopolitical turmoil and U.S. President Donald Trump's withdrawal from international institutions, part of a clear appeal from Beijing to Europe and countries in the Global South.

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