China, U.S. lurch closer to trade war as Trump sets $50 billion in tariffs and Beijing vows to strike back

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WASHINGTON/BEIJING — U.S. President Donald Trump announced hefty tariffs on US$50 billion of Chinese imports on Friday as Beijing threatened to respond in kind, in a move that looks set to ignite a trade war between the world’s two largest economies.
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