China FM says ‘certain major power’ obsessed with ‘might makes right’

China’s foreign minister said Tuesday that “a certain major power is obsessed with the idea that might makes right”, an apparent swipe at the United States a day after Beijing and Washington announced sharp cuts to tit-for-tat tariffs.

The country in question is “using tariffs as a weapon to bully other countries”, Wang Yi said at a forum for Chinese and Latin American nations in Beijing, before urging participants to “join hands to uphold our legitimate and lawful rights and interests”.