The Chinese leader Xi Jinping made the move after urging the EU to resist Trump’s ‘bullying’. Plus, the supreme court orders the US to help return a Salvadorian man it wrongly deported
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China has hiked its tariffs on US goods to 125% as the trade war between Washington and Beijing continues to escalate, just hours after its leader, Xi Jinping, said there were “no winners in a tariff war”.
How are markets reacting? Oil prices were expected to fall for the second week running, and US stocks fell again on Thursday. Follow our business live blog here and our US politics blog here.
What are her lawyers requesting? Öztürk’s attorneys on Thursday asked the federal court in Vermont to release her, or to transfer her to the state of Vermont, while her case is heard.