China's commerce ministry says do not underestimate its resolve

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China is well prepared to deal with any negative effects from its trade spat with the United States, and hopes the US will not underestimate China's resolve to fight back regarding US sanctions on China's telecommunications company ZTE, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce said on Thursday.

If the US side persists in adopting the unilateralist protection policy and harms the interests of Chinese and US companies, China will fight resolutely, ministry spokesman Gao Feng said.

The US government on Monday banned US companies from selling components to ZTE for seven years, claiming that ZTE had made false statements to US officials, the US Department of Commerce announced on Monday.

(CGTN)