India, April 7 -- China's foreign affairs spokesperson, Lin Jian, on Monday accused the United States of "unilateralism, protectionism and economic bullying with tariffs," and stated that their actions would seriously harm global economic recovery.

During a press conference, Lin Jian said that the US had announced their policy of putting "America First" and imposing reciprocal tariffs in an attempt to serve their interests at the expense of other countries, especially developing nations of the Global South.

"Putting 'America First' over international rules harms the stability of global production and the supply chain and seriously impacts the world's economic recovery," Lin Jian said.

She added, "The abuse of tariffs by the United Stat...