Trump escalates trade war with China with plan to raise tariffs

Move to hike import tax to 25% is blow to hopes that US and China were closing in on deal

Donald Trump has escalated the trade war with China by announcing plans to hike the tariff imposed on $200bn of Chinese goods from 10% to 25%.

The US president also threatened to impose tariffs on all Chinese trade with America, a move which could further destabilise relations between the two economic powers.

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from The Guardian http://bit.ly/2VLfA7w
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