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China pledges ‘countermeasures’ after Trump announces new 10% tariff

A cargo truck drives amid stacked shipping containers at the Yangshan Port in Shanghai, China, on March 29, 2018 [AP]

China has warned the United States of “countermeasures” after US President Donald Trump announced he would impose new tariffs on Chinese goods in response to the smuggling of fentanyl.

Trump on Thursday flagged an additional 10 percent duty on Chinese imports while announcing that his proposed 25 percent tariffs on Mexican and Canadian goods would go ahead on March 4.

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