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US President Trump's second round of 10% tariffs on China went into effect at midnight in the US Eastern time zone – that is, China's 1 PM Tuesday.
By 1:01 PM, Beijing had responded, announcing:
A package of counter-tariffs targeting US farm products
The addition of multiple US companies to China's...