China threatens more tariffs if Trump further escalates his trade war


China will impose new tariffs ranging from 5 to 25 percent on American goods worth $60 billion, Beijing said Friday, if the Trump administration follows through on its threat to impose new U.S. tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese products.
"In violation of the bilateral consensus reached after multiple rounds of negotiations, the United States has again unilaterally escalated trade frictions," the Chinese State Council Tariff Commission said in a statement.
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