U.S. says to slap tariffs on extra $200 billion of Chinese imports
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(Worthy News) – The Trump administration raised the stakes in its trade war with China on Tuesday, saying it would slap 10 percent tariffs on an extra $200 billion worth of Chinese imports.
U.S. officials released a list of thousands of Chinese imports the administration wants to hit with the tariffs, including hundreds of food products as well as tobacco, chemicals, coal, steel, and aluminum.
It also includes consumer goods ranging from car tires, furniture, wood products, handbags, and suitcases, to dog and cat food, baseball gloves, carpets, doors, bicycles, skis, golf bags, toilet paper and beauty products. [ Source: Reuters (Read More…) ]
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