(4 Mar 2025) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ++ADDS SOUNDBITE 11 AND SHOTS 12,13++ ASSOCIATED PRESS Beijing - March 2025 1. Wide of news conference 2. Wide of reporters 3. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Lin Jian, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson: “The U.S. is bent on using the fentanyl issue as an excuse to impose tariffs on Chinese products exported to the U.S. again. China has repeatedly expressed its opposition to it. The countermeasures we took are completely necessary and legitimate to safeguard our own