China is preparing countermeasures against new U.S. tariffs, focusing on American agricultural exports, according to the state-backed Global Times. This move comes after U.S. President Donald Trump announced an

Beijing is studying both tariff and non-tariff moves to counter the U.S. president's higher tariffs, per Chinese state media.

China has American agricultural exports in its cross hairs as it prepares countermeasures against fresh U.S. import tariffs, China's state-backed Global Times reported, raising the stakes in an escalating trade war between the world's top two economies.

Beijing is looking to impose countermeasures on the US' agricultural sector after the Trump administration slapped China with an extra 10% tariff last week.

China is reportedly preparing countermeasures against fresh U.S. import tariffs that are set to take effect on March 4, with American agricultural exports likely to be targeted. “China is studying and formulating relevant countermeasures in response to the U.