China, Japan and South Korea agreed to jointly respond to U.S. tariffs, a social media account affiliated with Chinese state media said on Monday, an assertion Seoul called "somewhat exaggerated", while Tokyo said there was no such discussion.

In a significant move to counter increasing trade pressures from the United States, China, Japan, and South Korea have decided to unite against rising tariffs imposed by the US. These three major Asian economies held their first economic discussions in five years,

Ahead of the rollout of US President Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariffs, China has reached out to fellow Asian countries in an apparent bid to create partnerships to minimise the fallout from tariffs