China shot back at Donald Trump after the incoming US president pledged to impose heavy import tariffs on the Asian nation, along with Canada and Mexico, saying it could trigger a trade war that “no one will win”.
Mr Trump claimed he would immediately after his inauguration on 20 January sign an executive order imposing a 25 per cent tariff on all goods coming from Mexico and Canada if the two countries did not take steps to curb the alleged flow of drugs and migrants into the US.