For decades, our country has been looted, pillaged, raped and plundered by nations near and far, both friend and foe alike. Our country and its taxpayers have been ripped off for more than 50 years, but it's not going to happen anymore."

We will do everything we can to work toward an agreement with the United States, with the aim of avoiding a trade war that would inevitably weaken the West in favor of other global players,

The recent tariffs decision by the US president is in my view fundamentally wrong, and it is an attack on a trade system that has created prosperity all round the world, itself an American achievement,

This is not the act of a friend,

The consequences will be dire for millions of people around the globe,

The big tech companies have an incredible dominance in Europe and are largely exempt from European taxes,

China firmly opposes this and will take countermeasures to safeguard its own rights and interests,

We are going to fight these tariffs with countermeasures, we are going to protect our workers, and we are going to build the strongest economy in the G7."

Nobody wins in a trade war. That is not in our national interest. And we have a fair and balanced trade relationship with the US."

For nations that treat us badly, we will calculate the combined rate of all their tariffs, nonmonetary barriers and other forms of cheating,