Asia

BEIJING: China accused the United States of “double standards” on Sunday (Oct 12), after President Donald Trump announced an additional 100 percent tariff on the world’s second-largest economy.”The relevant US statement is a typical example of ‘double standards’,” an unnamed Ministry of Commerce spokesperson said in a statement published online.Trump said on Friday that he would impose the extra levies plus export controls on “critical software”, due to take effect on Nov 1, in response to what he called “extraordinarily aggressive” new Chinese export curbs on rare-earth minerals.He also called into question the prospects for a previously announced meeting set…

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