Beijing (AFP) – China has made good on its threats to retaliate in the escalating trade war with the United States, imposing tariffs on American imports of energy, cars and machinery parts.

China has made good on its threats to retaliate in the escalating trade war with the United States, imposing tariffs on American imports of energy, cars and machinery parts. That came just ...

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Xi’s cool-headed response also reflects a dramatically different China than the one Trump faced in his first term. In the intervening years, Beijing has methodically prepared its defensive and ...