Fear and anger in China as Trump tariff war with US ramps up

The two largest economies in the world are now going head-to-head in a trade war that experts fear could trigger a global recession.

Donald Trump said he was raising tariffs for China to 125% - effective "immediately".

It came after Beijing announced it was levying an 84% tariff on all American imports, following Trump's original 104% levy on Chinese goods entering the US.

Sky's Asia correspondent Helen-Ann Smith looks at the impact the tariffs are beginning to have on Chinese traders and how the country's leaders will handle the crisis.

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[theone-yq]

fear and anger in China??? i am a Chinese and i do not know that

[vipxkj]

I don’t believe China is panicking or enraged—they’ve been preparing for this since eight years ago.

[hyhrmek]

Fear？I am a chinese in Vietnam, we sell chinese products to US through Vietnam from 3 years ago.

[guochenggang]

Bro, nobody fear anything here in China. No matter which country US buys from, the actual origination is always “made in China”

[chelsea]

China will be okay, they market to other countries as well. May suffer a bit set back.
But the biggest backlash will be the American consumers. They aren’t as resilient as Asians

[petralui]

I live in China and I can not agree to this BS! 😊

[Anireih]

I do not get the sense China is "afraid."

[LumiHall]

The US needs to produce their own phones

[Veryhairyninja]

America is about to become best example of “f*** around get found out”. They’ve already caved in on electronics 🤣🤣

[bingb]

Chinese are positive about this tariff war.

[ericy]

We’ll see which population riots first. Most US citizens have never known not being able to buy cheap food, fuel & goods, even if their housing & health is unaffordable. China citizens still remember how to live without much at all. They don’t want to, but they can almost certainly endure far more hardship for much longer than most Americans.

[jackieqiang]

there's a whole WORLD China sells to besides the US

[bobevans]

trump - by his actions - shows he's very afraid of china

[petervick]

I laughed my socks off seeing american flags being MADE IN CHINA. They cant even make THEIR OWN flags!!! 😂😂😂😂😂

[WillowO-wd]

I’m sure their local market will fill the gap.

[tomsky]

I am sure hamericans can afford new IPhones for 5000$a piece 😂

[bobekvelky]

1.7 trillion trade deficit, Trump can not stay put. he wants to negotiate

[akirahman]

This is really hard for all businesses

[TavianLasVegas-ukzu]

According to Ginnie Mae. “If China wanted to hit us hard, they could unload Treasuries. At the end of January, foreign countries owned $1.32 trillion worth of U.S. mortgage-backed securities, or 15% of the total outstanding,

[fgdsfrqrfnbvcncgfh]

Lots of economics professors in the comments section.