Chinese officials summoned Walmart executives over reports of the retailer pressuring its Chinese suppliers to lower prices to help counteract Trump’s tariffs.

President Trump’s trade war with China has landed Walmart in the hot seat in Beijing.Chinese authorities summoned Walmart officials for a dressing-down this week after receiving complaints that the retailer was pressuring some Chinese suppliers to cut prices to absorb the cost of U.

U.S. President Donald Trump threw a curve ball at China by linking the fentanyl issue to his tariffs on imports. The Chinese government is swinging back.

Walmart is getting caught in the middle of an escalating trade war between the United States and China. Chinese officials confirmed on Thursday they had met with executives from the US retail giant, following a news report that it had pressured its suppliers in China for discounts to cope with rising tariffs imposed by Donald Trump.

Fresh tariffs on Chinese imports put U.S. retailers in a tough spot. Raising prices risks the ire of President Trump and American consumers. But getting suppliers to bear the burden isn’t simple either—and in Walmart's case,

China said on Wednesday that the U.S. has undermined bilateral counter-narcotics cooperation by imposing tariffs on Chinese goods over fentanyl, calling on Washington to stop using the issue as a bargaining chip to "blackmail" the country.

China is willing to do more to address U.S. concerns about illicit fentanyl trade, an official from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs told reporters Wednesday.