China US trade fight intensifies

中美贸易战加剧

World Business Report

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2025-04-11

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The US -China trade fight has just intensified as China has upped tariffs on US imports to 125% We look at the US agriculture sector which accounts for over 20% of US exports to China and valued at $36 billion in 2022. And what does tariffs mean for consumer sentiment? We hear from shoppers in New York
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  • Hello and welcome to World Business Report from the BBC World Service.

  • Namaste.

  • I'm Devi Nagopta in Delhi.

  • And on this edition, things just got real in the US-China trade fight.

  • We take you through all the ups and downs of this week.

  • We visit China's manufacturing hub and ask, can they really move production to the US?

  • It would take hundreds of millions of dollars of factory investment, the training of a workforce that does not exist.

  • It would take an enormous amount of time.

  • Also,

  • we hear from an American soybean farmer about how these shifting trade rules are hitting his bottom line and what he's doing to survive.

  • But first, let's start with what a week it's been, because over a week now,

  • since US President Donald Trump announced widespread import tariffs on many of the world's economies.

  • Since then, things have been moving rather quickly on a daily basis.

  • And today is no exception.

  • China has played its latest hand by upping tariffs on US imports to 125 percent.

  • Now, this after President Trump increased Washington's levies on China to 145 percent.

  • So trade tensions between these two superpowers have intensified swiftly.

  • And if you're trying to catch up, I know it's a lot.

  • So here's a recap of the week so far.