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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Helen Davidson and agencies

Big tech to tungsten: what industries are the focus of China’s new US tariffs?

The Google office in Beijing
Google’s China operations are now the target of an investigation into alleged anti-trust violations. Photograph: Jessica Lee/EPA

Minutes after Donald Trump’s tariffs on China came into force on Tuesday, China’s government announced its own retaliatory tariffs.

The Chinese tariffs focus on a range of sectors – big tech, energy, cars, farming, and fashion – but with some specific targets. China’s finance ministry said it would impose levies of 15% for US coal and liquid natural gas and 10% for crude oil, farm equipment and large displacement vehicles and pickup trucks. Some high-profile US companies were also put under investigation or blacklisted.

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