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China's legal arsenal stands ready as trade war persists

By MLex Staff ( April 24, 2025, 09:36 GMT | Comment) -- China has yet to deploy its full array of legal countermeasures against US trade frictions, keeping in reserve expanded extraterritorial powers and other mechanisms that could escalate tensions between the world's two largest economies. Observers are now urging Beijing to shift from reactive responses to a more assertive approach, as the Trump administration ramps up its offensive, imposes steep tariffs and threatens additional sanctions on semiconductors.China has yet to deploy its full array of legal countermeasures against US trade frictions, keeping in reserve expanded extraterritorial powers and other mechanisms that could escalate tensions between the world's two largest economies....

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