As Trump's new tariffs take effect, China retaliates with a raft of measures

China has announced countermeasures against the Trump administration’s tariffs, including tariffs on American coal, liquefied natural gas, and crude oil. China also launched an anti-monopoly investigation into Google and imposed export controls on rare metals. Additionally, two U.S. firms were put on China’s “unreliable entity” list. The tariffs were signed by Trump in an effort to pressure countries to stop the flow of migrants and illegal drugs. China warned that the tariffs would damage future cooperation and vowed to launch a case against them in the WTO.

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