Donald Trump said he planned to hit goods from China with another 10% rise in tariffs, the latest salvo in the US president’s steadily escalating trade fights.
Imports from China already face tariffs of at least 10%, after a Trump order that went into effect earlier this month.
Trump also said he intended to move forward with a threatened 25% tax on imports from Canada and Mexico, which are set to come into effect on 4 March.
The US president previously announced the 25% duty on the country’s neighbours, but he suspended them at the last moment after the countries agreed to increase border security funding and talk further on how to combat drug trafficking.
China, Mexico and Canada are America’s top three trade partners.
Both Canada and Mexico have said they will impose retaliatory tariffs on the United States if the White House went ahead with the proposal.
On social media, Trump wrote that he did not think enough action had been taken,
“Drugs are still pouring into our Country from Mexico and Canada at very high and unacceptable levels,” he wrote, adding that “a large percentage” of the drugs were made in China.
