China says the US has "severely violated" their trade truce and will take strong measures to defend its interests. China's Ministry of Commerce said Washington has "seriously undermined" the agreement reached during talks in Geneva last month,

China on Monday countered President Donald Trump's earlier remarks that the country had violated the trade truce struck between Washington and Beijing last month in Geneva, saying the U.S. had introduced measures that "seriously undermine" their deal.

In response to President Trump’s claim, China said the United States was the one introducing a series of “discriminatory restrictive measures.”