China increases tariffs on US imports to 125% from 84% amid ongoing trade war
China announces tariff hike against US as trade war continues to escalate between the two nations
China announced on Friday that it will hike tariffs on American imports from 84% to 125%.
The move represents the latest escalation of an ongoing trade war between the U.S. and China.
China indicated it made the move in response to the U.S. raising tariffs, but indicated it does not plan to retaliate against any potential additional U.S. tariff increases.
"The US's imposition of abnormally high tariffs on China seriously violates international economic and trade rules, and also violates basic economic laws and common sense. It is a completely unilateral bullying and coercive practice," the country declared.
"Given that at the current tariff level, there is no market acceptance for US goods exported to China, if the US continues to impose additional tariffs on Chinese goods exported to the US, China will ignore it."
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