Hello and welcome to Newsar from the BBC World Service coming to you live from London.

I'm Julian Marshall.

The news has reported on Chinese state television that Beijing is levying an extra 34% on US imports from the 10th of April.

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Beijing's announcement comes in retaliation for the 34% surcharge President Trump announced would be levied on Chinese imports in the United States.

The US exported $144 billion worth of goods to China last year.

They'll still face a lower average tariff than goods going the other way.

So will the tariffs change Chinese buying habits?

These shoppers in Shanghai were asked whether the tariffs meant they'd buy fewer American products.

I used to buy some American products, but if the price increases, I might buy less.

I bought some street fashion brands, direct from the U.S., maybe to Hong Kong, and then transferred

into China.

Now, the price will be even higher.

It depends on the situation.

After all, right now, many Chinese electronic products are quite

impressive, so I may consider changing to Japanese, Korean or domestic products.

If tariffs are added, it's all bad. Both sides will be affected. Because I myself don't

buy many foreign products, I feel it may

not have a great impact on me personally. Well, President Trump has hit back at China's

retaliation. He posted on his truth social site earlier today. China played it wrong. They

panicked the one thing they cannot afford to do.

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