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February 4, 2025 at 12:05 AM EST
Updated on February 4, 2025 at 3:59 AM EST
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China retaliated to Donald Trump’s opening trade war tariffs by targeting a handful of American companies and slapping levies on some US goods, in a move seemingly designed to avoid escalating tensions between the world’s biggest economies.