Rome, Apr 28 (LaPresse) – A senior Chinese economic official said Beijing is on the ‘right side of history’ in its gruelling trade war with the United States. Since returning to the presidency in January, US President Donald Trump has imposed 10 per cent tariffs on most US trading partners and a separate 145 per cent tax on many products from China. Beijing responded by imposing 125 per cent tariffs on US products . Speaking at a press conference in Beijing where officials promised to take stronger measures to protect China's weak economy from the impact of the stalemate, Economic Planning Officer Zhao Chenxin addressed the US: ‘We firmly believe that if you are against the world and the truth, you will only isolate yourself. Only by travelling with the world and with morality can we conquer the future'. The US, he said, is ‘playing fast and loose, bullying and backing out of its word’, condemning Washington's ‘unilateralism and bullying’.