Inside Trade

October 26, 2025

China challenges U.S. reciprocal tariffs at the WTO

By Hannah Monicken  / April 4, 2025 at 12:11 PM
China on Friday announced it would formally challenge the new “reciprocal” tariffs imposed by the Trump administration at the World Trade Organization, calling the duties a “blatant violation” of WTO rules. President Trump on Wednesday announced a baseline 10 percent tariff on all imports along with higher tariffs on a slew of countries, including 34 percent duties on Chinese goods in addition to the 20 percent the administration already had imposed in response to the influx of fentanyl. Beijing previously...

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