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US-China trade war

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  6. (COMBO) This combination of pictures created on 4 April 2025 shows, L-R, US President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping. The world's second largest economy, China, appeared at the top of the tariffs list that Trump held up at the podium on 3 April, with the president claiming that total tariffs on US goods charged by Beijing -- with currency manipulation factored in -- amounted to 67 percent. China announced 34 percent tariffs on US imports on 4 April, the first major economy to fire back against President Donald Trump's swinging new levies in an escalating global trade war that sent markets deep into the red.

    Trump claims China's Xi called him on tariffs

    US President Donald Trump insists Chinese leader Xi Jinping called him regarding tariffs, despite Beijing's denial of any ongoing talks amid the escalating…

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  11. (FILES) Apple iPhone 16 are on display during the launch at the Apple Store in New York . The Trump administration has exempted smartphones, computers, and other electronics from its punishing "reciprocal" tariffs on 11 April 2025 – lessening the cost impact on American consumers for a host of popular high-tech products.

    US exempts tech imports in tariff step back

    The Trump administration has exempted smartphones, laptops, and other electronics from new tariffs, easing pressure on Apple and other U.S. tech giants amid…

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  13. Sum of all fears

    Sum of all fears

    For its part, the Philippines appears to have joined its ASEAN peers in staying united and not responding to the US reciprocal tariffs with their own.

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