Washington DC, March 6 -- The White House said that US President Donald Trump has been very tough on China when it came towards the imposition of tariffs on the country.

The remarks by the White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Wednesday came after Trump doubled the tariff on all Chinese imports to 20 per cent from 10 per cent.

"The President has been very tough on China, not just now with 20 per cent and more with the reciprocal tariffs that will hit on April 2nd, but look at what he did in his first term. There were billions of dollars' worth of tariffs that he implemented on China, and it's quite telling that the previous administration did not rescind those tariffs because they realised the value that they had in not only d...