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China hits back at Trump tariffs with Google antitrust investigation
China said Tuesday it has launched an antitrust investigation into Google, part of a swift retaliation after the U.S. President Donald Trump imposed a 10% China has launched an antitrust investigation into Google after the U.S. President Donald Trump imposed a 10% tariff on Chinese goods.
Beijing also hit U.S. coal and liquefied natural gas exports with a 15% levy and imposed a 10% tariff on oil and agricultural equipment. Chinese authorities also added Calvin Klein owner PVH Corp. and gene sequencing company Illumina to a restricted entities list, while implementing new export controls on tungsten-related materials. Trump’s tariffs, which he justified as a response to Beijing’s failure to prevent the flow of illegal drugs, reignited trade tensions between the world’s largest economies just as relations appeared to be stabilizing.
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