Staff adjust US and Chinese flags before the opening session of trade negotiations between US and Chinese trade representatives in Beijing in February. Photo: Reuters
China’s retaliatory tariffs on US$60 billion of US goods kick in, fanning fears of extended trade war
- Levies cover a total of 5,140 US products, including liquefied natural gas as well as petrochemical and food goods
- Beijing earlier announced it will blacklist ‘unreliable’ foreign entities and hinted at restricting supply of rare earth minerals to the US
Staff adjust US and Chinese flags before the opening session of trade negotiations between US and Chinese trade representatives in Beijing in February. Photo: Reuters