Prompt tariff response vowed

China said on Friday that it will take "immediate" tariff measures of "equal scale and strength" in response to the decision of the US government to impose tariffs on about $50 billion of Chinese goods.

The Ministry of Commerce also reiterated that all economic and trade outcomes of previous talks will not take effect.

Analysts said the US move is a challenge to the World Trade Organization framework, and the United States is playing a panic stratagem with its trade partners.