Beijing, Oct. 12 -- China has strongly condemned the United States' latest tariff threat, calling it a display of "willful intimidation and double standards," after Washington announced plans to impose a 100 per cent tariff on Chinese goods and export controls on all critical software from November 1, Global Times reported.

A spokesperson from China's Ministry of Commerce said on Sunday that "willful threats of high tariffs are not the right way to get along with China," stressing that Beijing does not seek a trade war but is "not afraid of it either."

China urged the United States to "correct its wrong practices" and solve the differences through dialogue.

"Properly manage differences through dialogues and on the basis of mutual respe...