Tatsächlich war dies genau der Punkt, den das chinesische Handelsministerium in seiner offiziellen Antwort auf Trumps Vorstoß betonte: China, so hieß es, werde, „alle angemessenen Maßnahmen ergreifen, um seine legitimen Rechte zu schützen“.
In fact, that was precisely the point made by China’s Ministry of Commerce in its official response to Trump’s gambit. China, the ministry vowed, would “take all appropriate measures to resolutely safeguard its legitimate rights.”