China hits back on US port fees with retaliatory levies

China will slap port fees on U.S.-owned, operated, built, or flagged vessels on Tuesday as a countermeasure to U.S. port fees on China-linked ships starting the same day, China’s transport ministry said on Friday.

Later in the day, U.S. President Donald Trump said he was raising tariffs on Chinese exports to the U.S. to 100% and imposing export controls on critical software in a reprisal to export limits by China on rare earth minerals.

Tensions between China and the United States have deepened since September, with the two superpowers struggling to move beyond their trade tariff truce – a 90-day pause from August 11 that ends around November 9.