June 19: China retaliates, threatening its own tariffs on $50 billion of U.S. goods, and stating that the United States had launched a trade war. Import and export markets in a number of nations feared the tariffs would disrupt supply chains which could "ripple around the globe." [116]

2 days ago · The first return volley in a new trade clash between China and the United States was fired on Monday as Beijing’s tariffs on nearly $14 billion in US imports came into effect.

1 day ago · TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China’s tit-for-tat duties on U.S. imports took effect Monday, just hours after U.S. President Donald Trump announced that he wants to slap new duties on all steel and aluminum imports to the U.S.. The rapid-fire shots of tariffs and import curbs hearken back to Trump’s first term in office, when the U.S. and China engaged in a trade war that …

1 day ago · During a visit to Beijing, Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping agree to a 100-day plan for trade talks meant to reduce the U.S. trade deficit with China. The trade talks fail by July. August 2017

2 days ago · Chinese tariffs take effect, ratcheting up nascent trade war with U.S. Chinese tariffs on U.S. products including LNG, coal and agricultural equipment were imposed Monday, in response to Trump’s ...

3 days ago · China and the US risk renewing a full-blown trade war unless the two largest economies can defuse the dispute before Chinese tariffs on $14bn of American exports take effect on Monday, analysts ...

1 day ago · Trump's new 10% tariffs on Chinese imports reignite trade tensions, prompting China's swift countermeasures. This escalation mirrors past U.S.-China trade wars, with tariffs, tech restrictions, and economic policies shaping global markets.

Jan 16, 2020 · US President Donald Trump has long accused China of unfair trading practices and intellectual property theft. In China, there is a perception that America is trying to curb its rise as a...

Feb 4, 2025 · The targeted and restrained nature of the latest round of tariffs suggests the U.S. and China are unlikely to engage in a full-scale trade war this year. But the situation remains precarious.

May 14, 2024 · The United States has attempted to address its trade concerns with China through a mixture of negotiation, disputes at the WTO, heightened investment scrutiny, tariffs, and its own...

Feb 4, 2025 · Beijing has made its decision. After days of warning of counter measures and urging Washington to enter negotiations and "meet China halfway", it has decided to hit back – or at least threaten...

Feb 3, 2025 · The US imported $401 billion worth of goods from China, with a trade deficit of over $270 billion in the first 11 months of last year, according to US government data. That placed China...

6 days ago · The quick-fire volley of tariffs between the U.S. and China in recent days has heightened global fears of a new trade war between the world's two largest economies. Yet while experts...

In The US-China Trade War and Global Reallocations (NBER Working Paper 29562), Pablo Fajgelbaum, Pinelopi K. Goldberg, Patrick J. Kennedy, Amit Khandelwal, and Daria Taglioni find that the trade war created trade opportunities for other …

5 days ago · The latest developments on US-China trade disputes. Breaking news and analysis on the US-China trade war, a conflict between the world's two largest economies.

Aug 25, 2020 · Events leading up to the US-China trade war . June 16, 2018: China revises its initial tariff list (25 percent on 106 products) to now include a 25 percent tariff on 545 products (valued at US$34 billion). This tariff will take effect July 6, 2018. China also proposes a second round of 25 percent tariffs on a further 114 products (valued at US ...

1 day ago · The U.S.-China trade war has reignited as President Donald Trump, shortly after returning to office, imposed a 10% tariff on all Chinese imports, prompting swift retaliation from Beijing.

1 day ago · If the US and China deepen their trade war, this could affect the supply chain participation of sub-Saharan African countries with the US and China, meaning it is going to be one of the areas of ...

Jul 31, 2024 · Why did the US-China trade war accelerate under President Biden, even though he didn’t raise tariffs? By not reducing tariffs, President Biden and the Democrats indicated to consumers and firms that tariffs would remain higher longer than …

Background and explainers on the trade war between China, led by President Xi Jinping, and the United States, and its President Donald Trump.

Dec 2, 2024 · In 2018 and 2019, the United States and China sparked a trade war by imposing tariffs on approximately $450 billion worth of goods. This disrupted the decades-long trend toward reduced global trade barriers and notably decreased direct trade between the two countries, a trend that continues today.

6 days ago · Breaking news and analysis on the US-China trade war, its history and timeline, and the impact on the global economy.

The US-China trade war created net export opportunities rather than simply shifting trade across destinations. Many "bystander" countries grew their exports of taxed products into the rest of the world (excluding the United States and China).

Sep 9, 2024 · Breaking news and analysis on the US-China trade war, its history and timeline, and the impact on the global economy.