China says Trump forces its hand, will retaliate against new U.S. tariffs

BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China said on Tuesday that it has no choice but to retaliate against new U.S. trade tariffs, raising the risk that President Donald Trump could soon impose duties on virtually all of the Chinese goods that America buys. The commerce ministry’s statement came hours after Trump said he was imposing 10 percent tariffs on about $200 billion worth of imports from China, and threatened duties on about $267 billion more if China retaliated against the U.S. action. The brief statement gave no details on China’s plans, but foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang told a daily …read more

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