Trump Announces Additional 100% China Tariff, Tech Controls

A cargo vessel approaches the Yangshan Deepwater Port in Shanghai.Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg

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US President Donald Trump said he would impose an additional 100% tariff on China as well as export controls on “any and all critical software” beginning Nov. 1, hours after threatening to cancel an upcoming meeting with the country’s leader, Xi Jinping.