Donald Trump orders raising tariffs on all remaining imports from China

This amounts to about $ 300 billion. This is in addition to the Chinese imports worth $200 billion on which Trump increased the import duty from 10% to 25%, beginning Friday

United States President Donald Trump has ordered his top officials to begin the process to raise tariffs on almost all the imports from China, US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said Friday.

This amounts to about $ 300 billion. This is in addition to the Chinese imports worth $200 billion on which Trump increased the import duty from 10 per cent to 25 per cent, beginning Friday.

"Earlier today, at the direction of the President, the United States increased the level of tariffs from 10 per cent to 25 per cent on approximately $200 billion worth of Chinese imports," Lighthizer said.