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Xu Feihong also said that tariff and trade "wars" were disrupting the global economic and trade system. (Image: Screengrab @ANI/X)
Chinese Ambassador to India Xu Feihong on Thursday accused the United States of acting like a “bully”, saying Washington had long enjoyed the benefits of free trade but was now weaponising tariffs as “bargaining chips.”
“US has long been benefited greatly from free trade but now uses tariffs as bargaining chips to demand exorbitant prices from various countries. The US imposed tariffs of up to 50 per cent on India, and has even threatened for more. China firmly opposes it. In the face of such acts, silence or compromise only emboldens the bully. China will firmly stand with India to uphold the multilateral trading system with the world trade organisation,” Xu said.
Feihong also said that tariff and trade “wars” were disrupting the global economic and trade system.
#WATCH | China’s ambassador to India, Xu Feihong says, “…US has imposed tariffs of up to 50% on India and even threatened for more. China firmly opposes it. Silence only emboldens the bully. China will firmly stand with India .” pic.twitter.com/0iMehF2K6e
— ANI (@ANI) August 21, 2025
Pointing to Beijing’s support for New Delhi, the envoy added that “China will firmly stand with India”, describing the two nations as “double engines of economic growth in Asia.”
“China and India’s friendship benefits Asia. We are the double engines of economic growth in Asia. India and China unity benefits the world at large,” Xu said.
Calling for deeper collaboration, Xu said India and China had a “responsibility to take the lead in promoting an equal and orderly multipolar world.”
On trade, he offered assurances that “all Indian commodities are welcome to enter the Chinese market” and urged the two countries to “enhance strategic mutual trust” and “avoid mutual suspicion.”
Xu’s remarks came days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in New Delhi. Modi is also expected to travel to China later this year for the SCO leaders’ summit.
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“Together, we can open a new chapter of a dragon-elephant tango,” Xu Feihong said speaking about the upcoming Summit.
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