Americans hoping to quench their thirst with a refreshing glass of iced tea may be in for a nasty surprise as temperatures rise this summer. Photo: AP
Americans hoping to quench their thirst with a refreshing glass of iced tea may be in for a nasty surprise as temperatures rise this summer. Photo: AP

Storm in a teacup? Trump goes after all the tea from China with latest tariff push as trade war threatens to boil over

  • China was the largest exporter of tea – one of the latest products to face 25 per cent tariffs – to the US in 2018, according to trade data
  • ‘The tax and duty free import of tea was one of the founding tenets of the American Revolution,’ says president of the Tea Association of the USA

Americans hoping to quench their thirst with a refreshing glass of iced tea may be in for a nasty surprise as temperatures rise this summer. Photo: AP
Americans hoping to quench their thirst with a refreshing glass of iced tea may be in for a nasty surprise as temperatures rise this summer. Photo: AP
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