Xi flexes growing legal arsenal to warn Trump before summit
The speed and breadth of the latest barrage of countermeasures against the U.S. shows Beijing's ability to turn up the pressure while preserving room for de-escalation.
China unleashed a fresh round of retaliatory measures against the United States, deploying an expanding legal toolkit to underscore its growing retaliatory capabilities while cautioning Washington against imposing further restrictions on technology ahead of President Xi Jinping's upcoming visit to the U.S. later this month. The package unveiled on Wednesday marked a first with the initiation of a national security investigation under China's recently amended Foreign Trade Law, as well as heightened vigilance over drone-related exports.
Additionally, the package encompassed sanctions targeting seven American entities and a temporary halt in collaboration with the U.S. regarding the inspection of goods bound for China. The swift and extensive nature of these actions, disclosed in a series of five statements released a week after the U.S. enacted a ban on new foreign robots, underscores China's readiness and capability to escalate pressure without sacrificing the option for de-escalation.
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