Trump adds tariffs to $550 billion of Chinese imports in trade war reprisal

4:51pm PDT - August 23rd, 2019    dow jones - TechCrunch

President Trump announced Friday on Twitter that tariffs on Chinese imports will increase 5 percentage points in a tit-for-tat response to China’s own plans to place new duties on U.S. goods. About $250 billion of goods produced by China and imported into the…