China to take countermeasures if U.S. imposes additional tariffs

China will take necessary countermeasures if the Office of the United States Trade Representative imposes 10-percent tariffs on the remaining 300 billion U.S. dollars' worth of Chinese goods, warned a senior official of the Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council in a statement on Thursday.

The move by the U.S. side seriously contravened the consensus reached between the two leaders of China and the U.S. during their meetings in Argentina and Osaka, added the official.

The CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin is docked at the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro, California, December 26, 2015. [File Photo: AFP via VCG]