Trump on Monday threatened an additional tariff of 10 percent unless China halts the flow of Fentanyl precursors.

China's state media warned U.S. President-elect Donald Trump his pledge to slap additional tariffs on Chinese goods over fentanyl flows could drag the world's top two economies into a mutually destructive tariff war.

President-elect Donald Trump has just declared his intention that, on his first day in office, he will impose 10 per cent tariffs on all US imports from China, including those already subject to such levies.

A spokesperson at the Chinese Embassy in Washington said his country is fighting fentanyl trafficking, the reason for the new promised penalty.

On Truth Social, Trump alleged that Chinese inaction on illegal fentanyl was the reason behind the new 10% tariff.

China’s state media has warned U.S. President-elect Donald Trump against initiating a tariff war, following his pledge to impose additional tariffs on Chinese goods over fentanyl flows. Editorials in *China Daily* and *Global Times* caution that such a move could lead to a mutually destructive economic conflict between the world’s top economies.

By bno - Taipei Office China has responded defiantly to US President-elect Donald Trump’s pledge to impose additional tariffs on Chinese imports, accusing him of using the fentanyl crisis as a pretext for trade escalation.