Next Move Is Trump's After China Hits Back in Trade-War Opener

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The U.S.-China dispute has become a trade war, says Edward Alden of the Council on Foreign Relations.(Source: Bloomberg)

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By Jeff Black

June 16, 2018 at 8:56 AM UTC

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China’s in-kind response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement of tariffs on $50 billion of imports from the nation left the global economy on the verge of a trade war.

Two detailed lists of products on which tariffs will be collected starting July 6 now form the core of the conflict between the world’s two largest economies: One released Friday aimed at curbing China’s industrial advancement and the other aimed at hurting the commodity producers of the American heartland.