Trump tariffs: Stocks plunge again as China hits back

特朗普关税:美股再次重挫,中国强势反击

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2025-04-04

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China announces further retaliatory tariffs on imports from the United States, bringing the world closer to an all-out trade war. Also on the programme: South Korea's president has his impeachment upheld, and we hear from Tanzania on the benefits of the Chagga people's diet. (Image: U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he boards Air Force One to travel to Palm Beach International Airport, at Miami International Airport on 3 April 2025. Credit: Reuters/Kent Nishimura)
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  • I'm Tim Franks, and as we come on air, still the markets slide.

  • And the prospect of a full-blown trade war draws ever closer,

  • with China today announcing that it will impose a new suite of tariffs on U.S. imports.

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  • Beijing will levy an extra 34 percent on U.S. imports,

  • in precise retaliation for the 34 percent surcharge that President Trump announced would be levied on Chinese imports into the United States.

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