China urges U.S. to abandon tariff proposals

BEIJING, April 4 (Xinhua) -- China on Wednesday urged the United States to engage in dialogue, consultation and win-win cooperation.

"Those who attempt to make China surrender through pressure or intimidation have never succeeded before, and will not succeed now," spokesperson Geng Shuang told a daily press briefing.

The U.S. administration on Tuesday proposed a list of products to be subject to additional tariffs, covering Chinese exports worth 50 billion U.S. dollars with a suggested tariff rate of 25 percent.