{"id":43656,"date":"2025-04-04T20:52:17","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T20:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/china-hits-back-at-us-with-34-tariffs-lawsuit-in-escalating-trade-war"},"modified":"2025-05-05T21:17:49","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T21:17:49","slug":"china-hits-back-at-us-with-34-tariffs-lawsuit-in-escalating-trade-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/china-hits-back-at-us-with-34-tariffs-lawsuit-in-escalating-trade-war","title":{"rendered":"China hits back at US with 34% tariffs, lawsuit in escalating trade war"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Eritrea. <\/strong><\/span>After Washington initiated additional tariffs against both allies and rivals, China on Friday imposed a 34% additional tariff on all imports from the US, a move seen as a tit-for-tat against President Donald Trump&#8217;s 34% reciprocal tariffs on products from the world&#8217;s second-largest economy.<\/p>\n<p>The tariffs, set to go into effect next Thursday, will affect all US products imported to China, according to a Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council statement.<\/p>\n<p>The statement called the US&#8217; reciprocal tariffs one-sided &#8220;bullying,&#8221; adding that they violate international trade rules and harm China&#8217;s rights and interests.<\/p>\n<p>China was subjected to 34% reciprocal tariffs on Wednesday when Trump signed an executive order imposing reciprocal tariffs on many countries.<\/p>\n<p>Besides imposing additional tariffs, Beijing has banned the export of dual-use items to 16 US entities and added 11 US firms to the &#8220;unreliable entity list,&#8221; according to China&#8217;s Commerce Ministry.<\/p>\n<p>The ministry said China filed a lawsuit with the World Trade Organization&#8217;s dispute settlement mechanism against the US over &#8220;reciprocal tariffs&#8221; on all trading partners.<\/p>\n<p>It also launched an anti-dumping probe into imports of medical CT (X-ray) tubes from the US and India, the ministry said, urging Washington to \u201cimmediately\u201d remove the tariffs and resolve any disputes through \u201cfair and equal dialogue\u201d with its trade partners.<\/p>\n<p>Beijing also announced export control measures on certain rare earth-related items.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Eritrea<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Eritrea. After Washington initiated additional tariffs against both allies and rivals, China on Friday imposed a 34% additional tariff on all imports from the US, a move seen as a tit-for-tat against President Donald Trump&#8217;s 34% reciprocal tariffs on products from the world&#8217;s second-largest economy. 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