Trade frictions between Washington and Beijing have flared up after a hiatus following a meeting between U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and his Chinese counterpart.

In response to President Trump’s claim, China said the United States was the one introducing a series of “discriminatory restrictive measures.”

China has pushed back against President Trump’s accusation that it broke a trade truce reached weeks earlier, as a re-escalation of tensions dims hopes of a resolution. Beijing has acted responsibly and upheld the consensus reached at the economic and trade talks in Geneva,