New tariffs proposed by Beijing have California wine exporters worried

Vern Vierra, the owner of St Jorge Winery in Lodi, California, has been exporting wine to China for eight years. Now he faces a new challenge - China is planning to impose a 15 percent tariff on US wine and other products in response to the proposed US tariff increases on Chinese imports.

"We are not going to go with that," said Vierra. "The agricultural community in the United States is going to pressure the politicians in Washington to stop the tariffs on aluminum and steel."

US President Donald Trump announced on March 8 the imposition of import tariffs on China's steel and aluminum. He made a second announcement of tariff increases on a wide range of Chinese imports valued at $60 billion on Thursday.