China announced additional tariffs of 34% on U.S. goods on Friday, the most serious escalation in a trade war with President Donald Trump that has fed fears of a recession and triggered a global stock market rout.
In the standoff between the world’s top two economies, Beijing also announced controls on exports of some rare earths and filed a complaint at the World Trade Organisation.
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