Beijing vows to fight back as new US tariffs kick in, even with trade talks under way
Beijing/Washington — Beijing will have to continue to fight back against the latest implementation of US tariffs, and will file a complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO) against the US action, China’s commerce ministry said on Thursday. The latest round of US-Chinese import tariffs on each other’s goods took effect at 4.01am GMT on Thursday, and comes even as trade negotiators were in talks to avert further confrontations. The US imposed steep import tariffs on another $16bn in Chinese goods over what Washington has called rampant theft of American technology. That completes the first round of $50bn in products that President Donald Trump targeted, after $34bn in goods were hit with punitive duties on July 6. China has said it will react immediately with tariffs on the same amount of US goods, targeting iconic products like Harley motorcycles, bourbon and orange juice, among hundreds of others. The world’s two largest economies were holding their first formal discussion si...
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