China also imposed import levies covering $21B worth of US agricultural and food products including soybeans, wheat, meat and cotton.

China suspended on Tuesday the soybean import licences of three U.S. firms and halted imports of U.S. logs, stepping up its retaliation for additional U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods.

During the National People’s Congress on March 5, the Chinese Communist Party remained defiant against President Donald Trump’s tariffs and refused to give ground in an escalating trade war.