China hits back at Trump, saying U.S. actions 'severely undermine' trade truce

China on Monday accused the United States of breaching the 90-day trade truce agreed by the world’s two largest economies, after President Donald Trump said it was Beijing that had “totally violated” the agreement.

HONG KONG — China on Monday accused the United States of breaching the 90-day trade truce agreed by the world’s two largest economies, after President Donald Trump said it was Beijing that had “totally violated” the agreement.

The statement from the Chinese Ministry of Commerce capped a contentious weekend in U.S.-China relations that also included a speech by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in which he said China “seeks to become a hegemonic power in Asia.”

Last month, the U.S. and China announced a 90-day pause on most of their tit-for-tat tariffs, which had reached higher than 100%. Trump initially hailed the truce as a “total reset” but said Friday in a post on his Truth Social platform that China had “TOTALLY VIOLATED” the deal.

The Chinese Commerce Ministry said Monday that while China had implemented and actively upheld the deal, the U.S. had introduced a series of “discriminatory and restrictive measures against China” that “severely undermine” the agreement.

The ministry said those measures included AI chip export controls, a reported pause on the sale of chip design software to China, and the announcement of U.S. plans to revoke the visas of Chinese students.