Sri Lanka, Oct. 13 -- President Trump moved to ease tensions with China on Sunday after threatening to impose a sweeping 100% tariff on all its imports in retaliation for Beijing's new export controls.
"Don't worry about China, it will all be fine! Highly respected President Xi just had a bad moment," Trump wrote in a Truth Social post.
"He doesn't want Depression for his country, and neither do I. The U.S.A. wants to help China, not hurt it!!!" he wrote.
The post followed a firm response from Beijing earlier in the day, in which China's Commerce Ministry warned Washington not to resort to "threats" and vowed to "resolutely take corresponding measures" if the US moved forward with the tariff increase on imports.
"We do not want a tarif...