economic conflict since 2018
Factsheet
Date January 22, 2018 – present
(8 years, 7 months, 2 weeks and 5 days)
(8 years, 7 months, 2 weeks and 5 days)
Location China
United States
United States
Caused by Tariffs imposed by the United States
Date January 22, 2018 – present
(8 years, 7 months, 2 weeks and 5 days)
(8 years, 7 months, 2 weeks and 5 days)
Location China
United States
United States
Caused by Tariffs imposed by the United States
Wikipedia
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China–United States trade war - Wikipedia
5 days ago - About 8% of American solar panel imports in 2017 came from China. Imports of residential washing machines from China totaled about $1.1 billion in 2015. March 1: Trump announced tariffs of 25% on steel and 10% on aluminum imports from all countries. The United States had imported about 3% of ...
WITS
wits.worldbank.org › CountryProfile › en › Country › CHN › Year › 2015 › Summarytext
China Trade Summary 2015 | WITS | Text
China Capital goods imports were worth US$ 706,725 million, product share of 42.08%. ... The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 3,000 percent.
WITS
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United States Trade Summary 2015 | WITS | Text
United States exports to China worth US$ 116,072 million, with a partner share of 7.73 percent. United States exports to Japan worth US$ 62,441 million, with a partner share of 4.16 percent. United States exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 56,103 million, with a partner share of 3.74 percent. Top five countries from which United States imported goods in 2015 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :
WTO
wto.org › english › res_e › statis_e › daily_update_e › tariff_profiles › cn_e.pdf pdf
China Part A.1 Tariffs and imports
Tariffs and imports: Summary and duty ranges · Simple average final bound
Congress.gov
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U.S.-China Tariff Actions Since 2018: An Overview | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
3 weeks ago - Some actions explicitly target China; others involve sectors that affect China (Figure 1). China has responded to U.S. tariffs with its own tariffs and market restrictions. Given that China exports to the United States over four times what it imports, China has fewer goods on which to raise tariffs.
PIIE
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Americans have been paying tariffs on imports from China for decades | PIIE
May 7, 2026 - Although tariff revenue from Chinese imports grew following the implementation of the Trump tariffs, its share of total US tariff revenue declined in recent years as trade shifted to other countries. Consumers and businesses adjust their purchasing behavior in response to higher tariffs, often substituting taxed goods with alternatives.
Wikipedia
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Tariffs in the first Trump administration - Wikipedia
2 weeks ago - The value of the Canadian tariffs ... tariffs were lifted on May 20, 2019. The Chinese government placed retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods. China threatened to curb imports of U.S. soybeans. A June 2019 analysis conducted by the Peterson Institute for International Economics found that China had imposed the same 8% average tariffs on all countries in January 2018, but by June 2019 average tariffs on American exports had ...
China Briefing
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US-China Tariff Rates - What Are They Now?
July 28, 2026 - Since 2019, China has granted exemptions to the retaliatory tariffs for certain American goods. The first two tariff exemption lists were released in September 2019, exempting 16 products in total, including many agricultural and fishery goods, such as shrimp and prawn seedlings, alfalfa meal, and whey for fodder.
Congress.gov
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China-U.S. Trade Issues | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
Figure 17. RMB-Dollar Exchange Rates: January 2015 to June 2018 · Figure 18. Estimated Sector Effect on U.S. Employment if Both U.S. and China Increased Tariffs by 25% on $150 Billion Worth of Imports from Each Other
CAES Field Report
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Timeline of the U.S.–China Trade Dispute and Tariffs on Cotton and Textile Trade | CAES Field Report
April 29, 2026 - Tariffs are taxes or duties that a government charges on goods coming into or going out of their country. Import tariffs are taxes charged to imported products. Along with the Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 investigation into China’s practices related to technology transfer, intellectual property, and innovation, several additional investigations were conducted involving Section 201 of the Trade Act of 1974 (covering imported solar cells and modules and imported washing machines) and Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (concerning imported steel and aluminum).
NBER
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NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES THE ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF THE US-CHINA TRADE WAR
Those tariffs were launched on the eve of the Great Depression, while global real growth · in 2017 was 3.7% (IMF, 2018).6 The nature of globalization today is also quite different, most · notably through the volume of trade and its composition, with two-thirds of global trade now in · intermediate goods ...