China Opposes US Sanctions on Venezuela and Calls for Ceasing Interference

At the regular press conference of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the 25th, a media outlet asked that U.S. President Trump issued an executive order on Monday, announcing that any country that buys oil and natural gas from Venezuela will be subject to a 25% tariff when trading with the United States. As China is the largest buyer of Venezuelan oil, will China stop purchasing oil from Venezuela because of this?

In response, a spokesperson of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that the United States has long abused illegal unilateral sanctions and so - called "long - arm jurisdiction", and crudely interferes in the internal affairs of other countries. China firmly opposes this.

The spokesperson said that China calls on the U.S. side to stop interfering in Venezuela's internal affairs, abolish the illegal unilateral sanctions against Venezuela, and do more things conducive to the peaceful, stable and sustainable development of Venezuela and other countries. There are no winners in trade wars and tariff wars. Imposing additional tariffs will only make U.S. businesses and consumers bear greater losses.