In a swift response to the new tariffs imposed by the United States, China has unveiled a series of retaliatory actions, including tariffs on several important American goods. This move marks the opening salvo of a new trade conflict between the two global powers,

Two weeks into his second term, President Donald Trump has launched the United States into a new trade war. He announced steep new tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico and China — the three largest U.

But Mr Trump’s most incendiary claims are reserved for China. The Communist Party, he says, “has subsidised and otherwise incentivised” Chinese firms to “export fentanyl and related precursor chemicals that are used to produce synthetic opioids sold illicitly in the United States”.