William Zarit, chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in China, said Beijing would not be shy of hitting back if Washington launched measures to restrict China’s exports to and investment in the United States.
“We have urged that if China does want to retaliate they do so with precision so as not to actually adversely affect their own economy,” Zarit said.
Lester Ross, head of the chamber’s policy committee, said “a broad variety of actions” would be taken after Trump’s state-of-the-union speech late on Tuesday.