Beijing: Trade tensions between the United States and China heated up as Beijing warned that it “will not sit idle” if a US probe into its intellectual property practices leads to sanctions.
President Donald Trump’s decision to order the investigation comes on top of strains between the two nations over how to handle Beijing’s ally North Korea.
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