Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said he would impose additional tariffs on China if China were to "go into Taiwan," the Wall Street Journal reported.
"I would say: If you go into Taiwan, I'm sorry to do this, I'm going to tax you, at 150% to 200%," the former U.S. president was quoted as saying in an interview with the WSJ published on Friday evening.
Trump, asked if he would use military force against a blockade on Taiwan by China, said it would not come to that because Chinese President Xi Jinping respected him.
"I had a very strong relationship with him," Trump said. "I wouldn't have to (use military force), because he respects me and he knows I'm f— crazy," he said in the interview.
October 18, 2024 11:23 PM UTC, Reuters
Trump says he would impose tariffs on China if China went into Taiwan, By Kanishka Singh