Chinese state media reported Tuesday that the country would increase its tariffs on the United States if President Donald Trump sidelines the country in trade deals with other countries.

The country argues that if the U.S. cuts China out of the supply chain through trade agreements with other Asian countries, it would disrupt the “normal international trade order.”

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