Chinese leader Xi has responded by hitting the gas on manufacturing, pushing Chinese companies to pump out a surfeit of goods that are pouring into foreign markets and propping up the economy at home.

This was reported by Financial Times, citing advisers to Beijing and international risk analysts. The Chinese government, led by Xi Jinping, was once caught off guard by Trump’s victory in the 2016 elections and by his subsequent actions to impose higher tariffs,

President-elect Donald Trump readies for a new tariff war with China, making balanced trade books, not free trade, the leitmotif of his presidency.

The containment policy set in the first Trump administration and continued under President Biden will get a harder edge, former officials say.

The world is entering an era of protectionism” as the U.S. turns to aggressive tariffs, warns one China expert. How nasty will it get?

If President-elect Donald Trump is serious about hitting all Chinese goods with tariffs of 60 percent or higher, experts warn it could lead to all-out economic warfare that would be particularly damaging to two key swing states that Trump flipped in 2024.