China’s tit-for-tat duties on U.S. imports took effect Monday, just hours after U.S. President Donald Trump announced that he wants to slap new duties on all steel and aluminum imports to the U.S. The rapid-fire shots of tariffs and import curbs hearken back to Trump’s first term in office,

Existing American tariffs already restrict steel and aluminum shipments from China, which is now flooding other markets with its exports instead.

China chose swift retaliation for trade measures in the first Trump administration, but that led to an upward spiral of trade measures and much broader tariffs.

U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping have renewed their trade war as they both announced new tariffs against each other's products. But, unlike the last time they sparred, Beijing is better prepared for a trade standoff with Washington.

China's tit-for-tat import taxes on some American goods are coming into effect on Monday, as the trade war between the world's two biggest economies escalates and US President Donald Trump threatens to hit more countries with tariffs.

The trade dispute between the US and China has gone into another round after President Donald Trump recently imposed a 10% tariff on all Chinese imports to the US. It piles on top of already existing levies.