China retaliates by announcing 34 % additional tariffs on US goods

China announced additional tariffs of 34 per cent on U.S. goods today, the most serious escalation in a trade war with US President Donald Trump that has fed fears of a recession. In the standoff between the world’s top two economies, China also announced controls on exports of some rare earth elements and filed a complaint at the World Trade Organisation. Nations from Canada to China have readied retaliation in a mounting trade war after Mr. Trump raised U.S. tariff barriers to their highest level in more than a century



this week, leading to a plunge in world financial markets. Investment bank JP Morgan said it now sees a 60 per cent chance of the global economy entering recession by year end, up from 40 per cent previously. 

U.S. stock futures fell sharply today, signaling more losses on Wall Street, after China retaliated with fresh tariffs a day after the Trump administration’s sweeping levies knocked off 2.4 trillion dollars from U.S. equities.