'Shocked' China ponders response to Trump as yuan falls

Beijing plans 'qualitative and quantitative' retaliation to tariffs

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U.S. President Donald Trump has voiced confidence in winning a trade war against Xi Jinping's China.

ISSAKU HARADA and TAISEI HOYAMA, Nikkei staff writers

BEIJING/WASHINGTON -- The U.S. proposal to impose tariffs on an additional $200 billion of Chinese goods has triggered declines in the yuan and mainland stocks, binding Beijing's hands while it seeks to retaliate against the measures.

"China is shocked by what the United States did," a Commerce Ministry spokesperson said on Wednesday, according to the official Xinhua News Agency.

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