China Hits Back Against Trump’s Tariffs With Targeted Actions

China retaliated to Donald Trump’s opening trade war tariffs by targeting a handful of American companies and slapping levies on some US goods, in a move seemingly designed to avoid escalating tensions between the world’s biggest economies. China’s response was “measured and appropriate,” according to Dylan Loh, assistant professor of politics at NTU Singapore. “It allows Beijing to be seen as doing something, without exactly reacting in a manner that would be seen as inviting further retaliation,” he added. “I think Beijing also sees what Canada and Mexico did, and know that they can still come to some sort of understanding.”

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