Chinese FM spokesman: Tariff should not be tool for interference

July 16, 2025

A spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China censured the US for imposing tariffs at a press conference on July 11.

As to the US’ interference in the internal affairs of Brazil and its decision to impose 50 percent tariffs on the latter, he said that equality of sovereignty and noninterference are the major principles of the UN Charter and basic rules of international relations.

He noted that tariff should not become a tool for blackmail and violence against other countries and interference in their internal affairs.

KCNA

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