China Imposes Up to 15% Tariffs on Select U.S. Imports in Response to Trump’s Tariffs

China has just imposed retaliatory tariffs on $14 billion worth of American goods

In a marked escalation of trade tensions, China has unveiled retaliatory tariffs on a staggering $14 billion worth of American goods, with these measures taking effect as of Monday. This decisive action is a direct rebuttal to U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent pronouncement of an additional 10% tariff on a wide array of Chinese imports, […]

China imposes retaliatory tariffs on $14bn worth of US goods as trade war escalates

Minutes after the US imposed 10% tariffs on Chinese imports last week, Beijing responded by launching an antitrust investigation into Google. China’s finance ministry also announced new tariffs on American goods including a 15% levy on coal and liquefied natural gas and a 10% tariff on crude oil, farm equipment, large-displacement vehicles and pickup trucks.

China’s retaliatory US tariffs loom as analysts warn of escalating trade war

The NewsChina’s tariffs on $14 billion-worth of US exports were set to take effect Monday, as analysts warned of the consequences of an escalating trade war.Beijing announced the retaliatory duties moments after US President Donald Trump’s 10% tariff hike on all Chinese goods went into effect.Despite speculation that President Xi Jinping would talk to Trump to avert the tariffs, that hasn’t happened: The short timeline Trump gave for negotiation…

As of Monday, the People's Republic of China will also raise tariffs on goods from the USA. Above all, the energy sector is affected. However, the US will not be hit very strongly. The Americans deliver manageable quantities of crude oil to the People's Republic.

(Washington = Yonhap News) Correspondent Park Seong-min = As China imposed retaliatory tariffs on US President Donald Trump's 10% universal tariff on China, the US-China ...

China Imposes Retaliatory Tariffs on U.S. Goods

“China has imposed retaliatory tariffs on the US, its embassy in Washington said on Sunday — hitting about $14bn worth of goods and dashing hopes that a trade war between the world’s two largest economies could be avoided,” the Financial Times reports.