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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Paul Owen

Beijing attacks JD Vance’s ‘Chinese peasants’ remark in tariffs interview

Lin Jian making speech
Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Lin Jian. Beijing has responded to Trump’s tariffs with a reciprocal 34% tariff on all US imports. Photograph: Tingshu Wang/Reuters

Beijing has hit back after the US vice-president, JD Vance, referred to “Chinese peasants” in an interview defending Donald Trump’s tariffs.

Speaking to Fox News last week, Vance asked: “What has the globalist economy gotten the United States of America? And the answer is, fundamentally, it’s based on two principles – incurring a huge amount of debt to buy things that other countries make for us.

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