China announced on Friday that it will hike tariffs on American imports from 84% to 125%.
The move represents the latest escalation of an ongoing trade war between the U.S. and China, which is led by the Chinese Communist Party.
China indicated that it made the move in response to the U.S. raising tariffs but indicated it does not plan to retaliate against any potential additional U.S. tariff increases.
“The US’s imposition of abnormally high tariffs on China seriously violates international economic and trade rules and also violates basic economic laws and common sense. It is a completely unilateral bullying and coercive practice,” the Chinese finance ministry asserted.
“Given that at the current tariff level, there is no market acceptance for U.S. goods exported to China, if the U.S. continues to impose additional tariffs on Chinese goods exported to the U.S., China will ignore it.”
Fox News Digital reached out to the White House for comment on Friday morning.
