00:03This is the international news analyst on Tuesday doubted the credibility of U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to impose a 25 percent tariff on nations trading with Iran.
00:13The expert calls it a bluff aimed at Beijing, Tehran's main economic ally.
00:19Trump is again bluffing and China will call the bluff.
00:24I can assure you that Trump has no guts to impose the extra 25 percent tariff on China.
00:32And if he does, China will retaliate and he will be punished.
00:38So he knows what the consequences will be for him.
00:44So China is China, not, you know, a small country that Trump can push around.
00:52So I think, you know, we don't worry about this kind of threat.
01:00Iran became a major flashpoint in U.S.-China ties during Trump's first term in the White House
01:06as Washington tightened sanctions on the Islamic Republic and put China's Huawei, accused of selling technology to the country, in its crosshairs.
01:14With Iran in his sights once again, a fresh 25 percent duty would see Chinese shipments to the U.S.
01:21incurring levies exceeding 70 percent, higher than the effective 57.5 percent tariffs in place
01:28before the two leaders struck a deal in October to de-escalate their trade war.
01:32It remains unclear which countries the Iranian business links Trump might target, and he has not named China.
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