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The UN Relief Agency for Palestine Refugees has issued an urgent warning over rapidly depleting essential supplies in the Gaza Strip.

The Chinese meteorological agency has issued one of the highest alerts for strong gales that will sweep across the northern regions over the weekend.

China has expressed grave concern and firm opposition to the U.S. tariffs at the World Trade Organization. The Chinese side said the rules of multilateral trading system, with the WTO at its core, serve as the indispensable foundation for global trade.

The member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization have expressed strong support for an open, transparent, and inclusive global trade system, with the World Trade Organization at its center.

Official data shows China's consumer price index, a main gauge of inflation, was down 0.1 percent in March.

China is imposing an additional 50 percent levy on American goods entering the country, effective Thursday. This comes on top of an earlier rate of 34 percent, bringing the total to 84 percent.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for immediate and unimpeded aid access to the Gaza Strip. The UN chief said the floodgates of horror have re-opened due to the suspension of aid.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry says Beijing will enact measures to counter the latest U.S. tariff threats.

China has vowed to take countermeasures if the United States continues to escalate trade tensions. The statement from the Chinese Commerce Ministry came in response to U.S. threat to impose an additional 50-percent tariff on Chinese imports.

Stock markets across Asia-Pacific traded sharply lower on Monday as financial turmoil sparked by the U.S. tariffs escalated recession fears worldwide.