In 1st reaction, Xi says 'no winners in tariff war', slaps 125% on US imports

Beijing

increased its tariffs on

US imports to 125%

Friday, hitting back against US President Trump's decision to hike duties on Chinese goods.
In his first public reaction on the tariff war,

Chinese president Xi Jinping

, during a meeting with Spanish PM

Pedro Sanchez

in Beijing, said, "There are no winners in a tariff war and going against the world will only result in self-isolation."
China and the EU should "jointly oppose unilateral acts of bullying", he said, adding that China is "not afraid of any unjust suppression".