China's 84% tariffs on U.S. take effect as superpower clash intensifies

Both sides refuse to blink, raising concerns over economic damage

President Donald Trump sees China as the biggest culprit behind a widening U.S. trade deficit and hollowed-out American manufacturing. (Source photos by AP and Reuters)

STELLA YIFAN XIE

April 10, 2025 13:03 JST

Updated on April 10, 2025 21:01 JST

HONG KONG -- China on Thursday boosted tariffs on all American goods to 84%, showing no intent to back down despite U.S. President Donald Trump's rapid escalation of levies on Chinese products.

China's retaliatory rate was scheduled to take effect just after noon local time. Overnight, Trump had singled out China by further hiking tariffs on imports from the nation to 125% even as he granted dozens of other countries a 90-day reprieve from his "reciprocal" levies.