US imposes tariffs on US$34bil of Chinese imports


Import duties: Containers being transferred at a port in Qingdao. Tariffs on Chinese imports took effect yesterday, the first shot in what Beijing says it is forced to retaliate. — AFP

Duties imposed on US$34bil of imports,

BEIJING: US President Donald Trump fired the biggest shot yet in the global trade war by imposing tariffs on US$34bil of Chinese imports. China immediately said it would be forced to retaliate.

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