Beijing hit back at Trump’s new tariff barrage with a 34 percent tax on U.S. imports, plus export controls and other penalties. That made clear the White House had not projected strength so much as invited escalation.
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Beijing hit back at Trump’s new tariff barrage with a 34 percent tax on U.S. imports, plus export controls and other penalties. That made clear the White House had not projected strength so much as invited escalation.
Beijing hit back at Trump’s new tariff barrage with a 34 percent tax on U.S. imports, plus export controls and other penalties. That made clear the White House had not projected strength so much as invited escalation.
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