05-04-2018 00:33 via theguardian.com

China fuels trade war fears with new tariffs on US goods - as it happened

Financial markets are worried after Beijing announces 25% tariffs on a range of American imports, fuelling fears of a full-blown trade warLatest: Kudlow tells markets not to panicWall Street slides in early tradingSummary: America and China move closer to a trade warTrump: We’ve already lost the trade warChina: Tariffs on US soybeans, aircraft, cars.....Move comes after US announced new tariffs on $50bn of China goods9.52pm BST Here’s Reuters’s report on Wall Street’s sur
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