“I think the commerce ministry has all kinds of ‘weapons’ and ‘ammunition’ [to fight back],” she said. “China [could] strike back by simply choosing some important goods to find flaws or stir up trouble with,” she said. “He’s working so nicely [on North Korea]. “I am very disappointed in China,” Trump tweeted last weekend. Liu Ming, a North Korea expert from the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, said the inquiry was an attempt by Trump to “exact revenge” on China because of his gripes over North Korea.

Source: The Guardian August 03, 2017 15:10 UTC