[Global Network Reporter Jiang Yiling] According to Rossiya Segodnya (RT) on the 21st, citing Le Soir, European Commission President von der Leyen recently responded to the pressure of the United States on the EU to impose a maximum 100% tariff on China and India, saying that "the EU will make its own decision." RT commented in the title of the report that von der Leyen's move "rejected Trump's key demands".

Earlier, the Financial Times quoted three informed officials as saying that Trump asked the EU to impose a maximum of 100% tariffs on India and China as a means of so-called joint pressure on Russia to end the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. However, European officials told the Financial Times that European member states had discussed secondary sanctions on countries such as China and India buying oil and natural gas from Russia, but considering the EU's trade relations with China and India, many countries were concerned.

In a recent interview, when asked ¡°How should the EU respond to Trump¡¯s demand for the EU to impose 100% tariffs on India and China,¡± Von der Leyen said, ¡°The EU will make its own decision.¡±

"We are equally clear that in an increasingly complex geopolitical environment, we must strengthen our partnership based on mutual interests," von der Leyen added.

Earlier, China's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, Lin Cheng, said on September 10 that China has consistently held an objective and fair stance on the Ukrainian crisis. China is neither the producer of the crisis nor the party involved in it. We firmly oppose China's speech and firmly oppose China's so-called "economic pressure."