Growing opposition in US to its tariff attack on trade

The Donald Trump administration has further stoked the trade quarrel between China and the United States by announcing on Tuesday that it plans to levy 10 percent tariffs on an extra $200 billion worth of Chinese goods.

Although the new tariffs on goods such as agricultural and consumer goods will not come into effect for at least a couple of months, they send the signal the US does not intend to end its unfair trade policies any time soon.

China has not been surprised by the move, and it will take countermeasures as planned.