In response to President Trump’s claim, China said the United States was the one introducing a series of “discriminatory restrictive measures.”

China has pushed back against President Trump’s accusation that it broke a trade truce reached weeks earlier, as a re-escalation of tensions dims hopes of a resolution. Beijing has acted responsibly and upheld the consensus reached at the economic and trade talks in Geneva,

President Donald Trump faces the challenge of convincing Republican senators, global investors, voters and even Elon Musk that he won’t bury the federal government in debt with his multitrillion-dolla

The president's plan - where countries face between 11% to more than 100% tariffs on goods brought into the US - was announced in April. But the majority of the tariffs were paused by Trump for 90 days in the wake of stock market volatility.