CHINA/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Chinese government hit back Monday [4-2-18] at President Trump’s tariffs on steel and aluminum by acting on a threat to put tariffs as high as 25 percent on imports of 128 American-made products, including pork and seamless steel pipes. The Chinese Ministry of Commerce indicated that the tariffs, which it first publicly suggested almost two weeks ago, were intended to pressure the Trump administration to back down from a simmering trade war. In addition to imposing additional tariffs on steel and aluminum from China and other countries, President Trump has threatened to put protective duties on other Chinese-made products worth $60 billion.”
-Chris Buckley, Defying Trump, China Slaps Tariffs on 128 U.S. Products,” The New York Times online, April 1, 2018