BEIJING: China will impose additional 25 per cent tariffs on 659 US goods worth US$50 billion in response to the US announcement that it will levy tariffs on Chinese imports, the Chinese commerce ministry said.



Tariffs on US$34 billion of US goods including agricultural products such as soybeans will take effect from Jul 6, the ministry said. Soybeans are China's biggest import from the United States by value.

The tariffs will also be applied to autos and aquatic products, the ministry said.

The list of 659 US goods was longer than a preliminary list of 106 goods published by the commerce ministry in April, although the value of products affected remained unchanged at US$50 billion.

Aircraft, included in the earlier Chinese list, were not on the revised list.

The effective date of the tariffs on the remaining US$16 billion of US goods will be announced later, according to the commerce ministry. Among the affected US$16 billion in US goods include crude oil, natural gas, coal and some refined oil products.

US President Donald Trump announced on Friday 25 per cent tariffs on US$50 billion of Chinese imports, in a move that looks set to ignite a trade war between the world's two largest economies.

Trump said the tariffs would be imposed on a list of strategically important imports from China. He also vowed further measures if Beijing struck back.

"The US has ignored China's resolute opposition and solemn representation, and has insisted on adopting behaviors that violate WTO rules," China's commerce ministry said.

"This is a violation of the legitimate rights and interests that China is entitled to according to WTO rules, and is a threat to China's economic interest and security." </s> WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will begin collecting tariffs on another $16 billion in Chinese goods on Aug. 23, the U.S. Trade Representative’s office said on Tuesday as it published a final tariff list targeting 279 import product lines.

USTR said that only five product lines were deleted from a list initially proposed on June 15, but semiconductors, among the largest categories, remained on the list.

The latest list brings to about $50 billion in goods that now face a 25 percent tariff that U.S. President Donald Trump has imposed on Chinese imports in an escalating trade war over China’s intellectual property practices and industrial subsidy policies. China has vowed to match Washington’s tariff moves with duties on an equivalent worth of U.S. products. </s> WASHINGTON (REUTERS) - The United States will begin collecting tariffs on another US$16 billion (S$22 billion) in Chinese goods on Aug 23, the US Trade Representative's office said on Tuesday (Aug 7) as it published a final tariff list targeting 279 import product lines.

USTR said that only five product lines were deleted from a list initially proposed on June 15, but semiconductors, among the largest categories, remained on the list.

The latest list brings to about US$50 billion in goods that now face a 25 per cent tariff that US President Donald Trump has imposed on Chinese imports in an escalating trade war over China's intellectual property practices and industrial subsidy policies.

China has vowed to match Washington's tariff moves with duties on an equivalent worth of US products. </s> WASHINGTON, Aug 23 — The United States today imposed steep import tariffs on another US$16 billion (RM65.62 billion) in Chinese goods in the dispute over what US officials say is the rampant theft of American technology.

That completes the first round of US$50 billion in products that President Donald Trump targeted, after US$34 billion in goods were hit with punitive duties on July 6.

China has said it will react immediately with tariffs on the same amount of US goods, targeting iconic products like Harley Davidson motorcycles, bourbon and orange juice, among hundreds of others. — AFP </s> China on Wednesday responded to the Trump administration's planned tariffs on $50 billion worth of Chinese products with proposed tariff increases for goods including soybeans, planes, cars, frozen beef, cotton and chemicals.

China's Commerce and Finance ministries announced that Beijing's list of 25 percent additional tariffs on US goods covered 106 items with a trade value matching the $50 billion figure.

The move by China is the latest in ongoing tit-for-tat measures between the countries.

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The announcement came after the US published a list of $50-billion worth of Chinese imports that could have tariffs imposed on them.

The US is the second-biggest soybean supplier, after Brazil, to China, which is the world's largest consumer of soybeans.

The US exports 62 percent of its soybeans and 25 percent of Boeing aircraft to China, according to the Chinese Foreign Ministry.

The China director of the US Soybean Export Council said China's proposed tariffs on soybeans from the US was "regrettable" and "won't solve the trade imbalance."

US list to go under review

Chinese authorities had warned the US it would respond with the "same strength" after the US issued its list in response to China's intellectual property practices, the USTR said.

Chinese policies had "coerced American companies into transferring their technology and intellectual property to domestic Chinese enterprises," the trade body said.

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The Chinese tax agency said the date the tariff increases might take effect would be announced later depending on what the US government decides regarding their own list of proposed tariffs.

The list of 1,300 products published by the US Trade Representative (USTR) is to undergo further review over the next 60 days before a final decision is made on which of them, if any, will be subject to the additional 25-per-cent tariffs.

The USTR list of tariffs includes chemicals, motorcycles, electric cars and electronic components, and would affect Chinese-manufactured flat-panel televisions and light-emitting diodes (LEDs).

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Each evening at 1830 UTC, DW's editors send out a selection of the day's hard news and quality feature journalism. You can sign up to receive it directly here. </s> HONG KONG (Reuters) - China is slapping additional import tariffs of 25 percent on $16 billion worth of U.S. goods ranging from oil and steel products to autos and medical equipment, the commerce ministry said, as the world’s two largest economies escalate their trade dispute.

“This is a very unreasonable practice,” the commerce ministry said on its website www.mofcom.gov.cn, responding to the United States’ decision to slap 25 percent tariffs on another $16 billion of Chinese goods on Aug 23. </s> US to impose tariffs on additional Chinese goods amid trade war

Washington DC, Aug 7 (EFE).- The United States government announced Tuesday that it will impose 25 percent duties on an additional $16 billion in Chinese imports from Aug. 23, marking the second time Washington has slapped extra tariffs on Beijing.



The US Department of Commerce published the new tariff list targeting 279 Chinese imports, ranging from chemical and petroleum products to automobile industries.



This will add to the package that the US government announced in June, which came into force partially at the beginning of July, and will hit $50 billion in goods in total.



In the first round of tariffs, the US targeted a total of 1,300 Chinese goods, from advanced manufacturing and aerospace to information technology and robotics, and imposed 25 percent tariffs on $34 billion in Chinese imports, the Department of Commerce said in statements.



The US government justifies this measure on the grounds of its investigation into Chinese business practices, in which the authorities said Beijing has allegedly committed a series of irregularities.



Among those alleged irregularities are intellectual property violations against US companies, the acquisition of local companies with an aim of getting their technology, and Chinese government cyberattacks against US government computer networks.



With this new round of tariffs, President Donald Trump’s administration goes one step further in its trade war with the Asian giant.



Tensions in US-China trade relations have soared in recent months.



The US struck the first blow by announcing hefty tariffs against imports from China, to which Beijing responded immediately with identical retaliatory measures. </s> WASHINGTON, Aug 7 (Reuters) - The United States will begin collecting tariffs on another $16 billion in Chinese goods on Aug. 23, the U.S. Trade Representative's office said on Tuesday as it published a final tariff list targeting 279 import product lines.

USTR said that only five product lines were deleted from a list initially proposed on June 15, but semiconductors, among the largest categories, remained on the list.

The latest list brings to about $50 billion in goods that now face a 25 percent tariff that U.S. President Donald Trump has imposed on Chinese imports in an escalating trade war over China's intellectual property practices and industrial subsidy policies. China has vowed to match Washington's tariff moves with duties on an equivalent worth of U.S. products. (Reporting by David Lawder; editing by Jonathan Oatis) </s> The US on Tuesday published a list of $200 billion (€170 billion) worth of Chinese goods that could soon be hit with tariffs.

The move is a major escalation in a brewing trade war between the world's two largest economies.

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According to the Office of the US Trade Representative:
• The additional 6,031 product lines would be hit with a 10 percent tariff.
• The list is subject to two months of finalization and input before possible implementation by President Donald Trump.
• The earliest they would come into effect is September.
• The products include various food items, chemicals, minerals, tobacco, electronics and office goods.

The Retail Industry Leaders Association said new tariffs on Chinese imports would punish American families by driving up prices.

US Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch described the move was "reckless."

The previous round of tariffs: The Trump administration last week imposed 25 percent tariffs on $34 million in Chinese goods, prompting Beijing to impose retaliatory tariffs of the same amount on US imports. The US has suggested that it may ultimately impose tariffs on $500 billion worth of Chinese goods, or roughly the entire amount of US imports from China.

Chinese retaliation: China has threatened to retaliate dollar-for-dollar if the Trump administration imposes a new round of tariffs. However, because China exports more to the US than it imports there are limits on the amount of tariffs Beijing can impose on American goods. This has raised concerns that China could retaliate with non-tariff trade measures.

Trade war with the world: US tariffs on aluminum and steel from Canada, the EU and other countries have also triggered retaliatory tariffs on US goods. The prospect of an international trade war has sent jitters through world markets.
China adds US$60 billion of US products to its import tariff list in retaliation to the United States' recent tariffs on US$200 billion of Chinese imported goods.