Fast Facts on Escalating US-China Trade War

What's happening? The Trump administration and China's government have imposed taxes on a big chunk of each side's products in an escalation of a trade war between the world's two biggest economies. On Monday, the Trump administration made good on its threat to apply 10 percent tariffs to 5,745 Chinese imports — from fire alarms to Christmas-tree lights — that are worth about $200 billion a year. Within hours, China retaliated by collecting taxes of 5 percent to 10 percent...

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