China announces retaliatory tariffs on some American goods
Beijing has announced retaliatory tariffs against Washington after a further ten percent charge was imposed on all Chinese exports to the United States.
A trade conflict between the US and China, the world's two biggest economies, has intensified, after the US imposed a further border tax of ten percent on goods from China. Minutes after that came into effect, Beijing announced retaliatory tariffs against US energy exports and farm equipment. We'll turn to Beijing for a detailed analysis of what this could mean.
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