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    China to impose new tariffs on $75 bn of US imports

    Ryan MCMORROW
    ,
    AFP•August 23, 2019
    The escalating trade war is adding to growing fears of a possible recession in the US, with the tariffs weighing on both economies and global trade
    The escalating trade war is adding to growing fears of a possible recession in the US, with the tariffs weighing on both economies and global trade (AFP Photo/GREG BAKER)

    Beijing (AFP) - China announced Friday it will hit US soybeans, lobsters, peanut butter and other imports worth $75 billion with new tariffs in retaliation for Washington's planned duty hikes, further intensifying the bruising trade war between the world's top two economies.

    The punitive tariffs of 5 to 10 percent will apply to 5,078 items from the US, starting September 1 and December 15, China's state council tariff office said.

    Beijing also announced it will reimpose a 25 percent tariff on US autos and a 5 percent tariff on auto parts, also starting December 15. China had lifted those tariffs earlier this year as a goodwill measure while trade talks were underway.

    The escalating trade war is adding to growing fears of a possible recession in the US, with the tariffs weighing on global trade and both countries' growth.

    US President Donald Trump has imposed steep tariffs on $250 billion in Chinese goods, with a further $300 billion in imports targeted for new duties in two more rounds, September 1 and December 15.

    Meanwhile China has hit back with duties on around $110 billion of US goods -- or nearly all of the $120 billion worth of American goods it imported last year.

    Some of those goods will now have their tariff rates raised even further.

    China's commerce ministry said it will hit American frozen lobster, frozen chicken feet, peanut butter and 914 other goods with new 10 percent punitive tariffs starting September 1.

    Soybeans, crude oil and other energy goods face 5 percent tariffs.

    The US actions "have led to the continuous escalation of China-US economic and trade frictions, violating the consensus reached by the two heads of state in Argentina and the consensus reached in Osaka," China's State Council Tariff Commission Office said in a statement.

    "China's adoption of punitive tariff measures is forced under the pressure of US unilateralism and trade protectionism," the office said.

    US-made mango juice, electric buses and chemical products face 10 percent duties XX come mid-December while smaller aircraft, hand pumps and bearings will be hit with 5 percent taxes.

    - 'The chosen one' -

    Wall Street stocks opened lower Friday after Beijing's announcement.

    Also on Friday Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell warned that trade tensions were exacerbating the global slowdown and the Fed didn't have a "rulebook" for dealing with the fallout.

    Those comments came after Trump proclaimed himself "the Chosen One" Wednesday as he defended his trade war against China, indicating that it was his destiny to take on Beijing.

    An alarm bell went off in the US Treasury bond market last week when 10-year bond yields briefly fell below the yields offered on a two-year bond -- the inverse of what normally happens.

    US officials have said in recent days that trade talks with China will continue face-to-face next month.

    However China's commerce ministry spokesman Gao Feng said Thursday he had no information on the next round of meetings, while noting the two sides remain in contact.

    The two economic giants are squaring off in an increasing number of areas with officials and spokespeople taking daily shots at each other over trade, territorial disputes in the South China Sea, protests in Hong Kong and US actions against Chinese tech giant Huawei.

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