China files complaint to WTO over Trump's $200bn tariff plan
by Lily Kuo from Economics | The Guardian on (#3TZ2D)
Move comes less than a week after US president escalated trade dispute with new threats
China has filed a complaint against the US at the World Trade Organization after Donald Trump's threats to place tariffs on an additional $200bn (150bn) worth of Chinese goods.
The one-sentence announcement by the ministry of commerce comes less than a week after the US president called for a second round of tariffs on China, in retaliation for Chinese tariffs placed on American goods.
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