Consumers wary as China hits back with $35 billion trade war tariffs

On social media platform Weibo, word went around of a ship speeding toward China to beat the tariffs on its precious cargo: American soybeans

Accusing the United States of “typical trade bullying,” China on Friday imposed $34 billion in retaliatory tariffs on American soybeans, cars and other products, suggesting dim prospects for resolving a potentially bruising trade war between the two economic powerhouses.
 
As it has in the past, China used the moment to cast itself as a defender of the global trade order. Beijing officials portrayed Trump’s threats to tax as much as $450 billion worth of Chinese goods as a threat to global prosperity. China’s state-controlled news media echoed the sentiment.
 
But Chinese news outlets stopped short of language that