Trump's tariff barrage pushes US-China trade war to point of no return

The Chinese Commerce Ministry said Tuesday that it would be forced to retaliate against what it called "totally unacceptable" US tariffs

US President Donald Trump is pushing his trade conflict with China toward a point where neither side can back down.

By August 30, as the US nears mid-term elections vital for Trump’s legislative agenda, the White House will be ready to impose 10 per cent tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese-made products, ranging from clothing to television parts to refrigerators. The levies announced Tuesday -- together with some $50 billion already in the works -- stand to raise import prices on almost half of everything the US buys from the Asian nation.

China has seven weeks to make a deal or dig