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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Amy Hawkins Senior China correspondent

China has reacted in kind to Trump’s tariffs, but a deal may still emerge

Electric buses are loaded onto a vessel at Yantai port port in China
Electric buses are loaded onto a vessel at Yantai port port in China. The speed of Beijing response to Trump’s tariffs suggests it was well prepared. Photograph: Costfoto/NurPhoto/REX/Shutterstock

Moments after Donald Trump introduced tariffs of 10% on Chinese goods, Beijing retaliated with countermeasures.

China’s finance ministry put tariffs of 10-15% on imports of a range of US goods and its anti-trust regulator announced an investigation into Google. Several US companies were also added to China’s “unreliable entity” list, potentially restricting their ability to conduct business in the country.

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