China is to impose tariffs on a swath of US imports and has opened an antitrust probe into Google as it retaliates against Donald Trump’s imposition of an additional 10 per cent tariff on its exports.
China unveiled additional tariffs of between 10 and 15 per cent on US liquefied natural gas, coal, crude oil and farm equipment, which it said would take effect on February 10. Beijing also said it would impose tariffs on some car exports from the US and announced additional export controls on rare metals.
The measures were announced as Trump’s new levies on China, which the US president had described as an “opening salvo” in his renewed trade offensive, came into effect after midnight on Tuesday in Washington.