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Foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told reporters at a
regular press briefing that the United States is fabricating all
kinds of justifications for its trade actions, including that of
national security.
Earlier this month the United States and China slapped tariffs
on $34 billion of each other's imports in an escalating trade
tussle that has roiled financial markets.
U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened further tariffs
unless Beijing agrees to change its intellectual property
practices and high-technology industrial subsidy plans.
Trump has also hit European metal imports with tariffs and has
threatened to curb car imports from Europe with a 20 percent
duty.
"The U.S. trade war is not just with China but with the rest of
the world. By regarding the rest of the world as adversaries,
the U.S. has dragged the entire global economy into a place of
danger," Hua said.
The European Commission last week cut its forecasts for the euro
zone's economic growth this year, saying the main causes for the
revision were trade tensions with the United States as well as
higher oil prices.
China's economy grew at a slower pace in the second quarter,
data on Monday showed, with Beijing's trade dispute with
Washington challenging the growth outlook for the world's
second-biggest economy.
"If the U.S. continues to be wilful, countries around the world
will only harden their resolve to hit back," Hua said.
(Reporting by Michael Martina; Writing by Ryan Woo; Editing by
Sam Holmes & Shri Navaratnam)
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