China says the US has "severely violated" their trade truce and will take strong measures to defend its interests. China's Ministry of Commerce said Washington has "seriously undermined" the agreement reached during talks in Geneva last month,

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

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday accused China of violating a bilateral deal to roll back tariffs and announced a doubling of worldwide steel and aluminum tariffs to 50%, once again rattling international trade.