On the afternoon of May 15, the Ministry of Commerce held a regular press conference.

Ministry of Commerce spokesman He Yongqian said that regarding the US tariffs on imported cars, steel and aluminum, and launching a 232 investigation into imported drugs, China believes that the US's approach is a typical unilateralist and protectionist behavior, which not only harms the rights and interests of other countries, undermines the rules-based multilateral trading system, but also does not benefit the domestic industrial development. China urges the US to stop the 232 tariff measures as soon as possible and properly resolve the concerns of all parties through equal dialogue.