A timeline of the US-China trade war

Published April 11, 2025 7:45pm ET



While President Donald Trump scaled back his blanket “Liberation Day” tariffs on most countries, he used the move to escalate his trade war against China.

The trade war is broader in scope than the one during his first administration and continues to intensify with each round of retaliatory tariffs.

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