BEIJING: China on Monday imposed tariffs on 128 US imports worth $3 billion, including fruits and pork, retaliating for US duties on steel and aluminum that Beijing said “seriously infringed” Chinese interests.

China’s move, which the Xinhua news agency said was decided by the custom tariffs commission of the State Council, followed weeks of rhetoric that has raised fears of a trade war between the world’s two biggest economies.

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