New Delhi, Aug. 7 -- Chinese Ambassador to India Xu Feihong on Thursday slammed US President Donald Trump over his 50 per cent tariff imposition on New Delhi.

"Give the bully an inch, he will take a mile," the Chinese envoy to India wrote on X.

His post accompanied a quote by Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi, who said on August 6 that the US is using tariffs to suppress other countries.

"Using tariffs as a weapon to suppress other countries violates the UN Charter, undermines WTO rules and is both unpopular and unsustainable," he had said in a phone call with in a phone call with Celso Amorim, chief advisor to the president of Brazil.

Feihong's remarks came hours after Trump indicated a possibility of slapping extra tariffs on China f...