A trade dispute between the United States and China kicked off in March when US President Donald Trump announced a 25% tariff on steel and aluminium imports from all countries except Canada and Mexico. Since then, the US has proposed additional tariffs on more than 1,300 Chinese goods from the aerospace, machinery, computer and medical industries – sparking threats of retaliatory tariffs from China.
The quarrel has erupted against the backdrop of China’s increasingly assertive profile on the world stage, which has triggered geopolitical tensions between...
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