China to Trump: we do not want trade war, but not afraid of them

China will continue to take effective measures to firmly safeguard the interests of its people and resolutely uphold the economic globalization and the multilateral trading system, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Geng Shuang told the briefing.

"China does not want a trade war and certainly is not afraid of fighting one," he noted. 

"If a trade war is waged against us, we will definitely safeguard our legitimate and lawful rights and interests," Geng Shuang stressed.