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The Chinese government is once again retaliating against the Trump administration's latest set of tariffs.

But as NPR's John Ruich reports, Beijing says it has no plans to go further.

China announced that it's increasing tariffs on U.S. imports to 125% from 84%.

The finance ministry says it'll take effect on Saturday.

This step matches Trump's latest escalation as the trade war between the world's top two

economies worsens.

But the finance ministry signaled that Beijing was done with matching tariffs.

In a statement on its website, it said U.S. goods exported to China are no longer market viable

and said if the U.S. continues to increase tariffs on Chinese imports, China will not respond.

The Commerce Ministry issued a statement at the same time with the same message about further tariffs,

but it warned that if the U.S. persists in taking substantive actions that infringe upon China's interests,

China will, quote, respond resolutely and stand firm to the end.

John Rewich, NPR News, Beijing.

The Republican-led House has narrowly passed a budget resolution that advances large parts of President Trump's domestic policy agenda.

NPR's Barbara Sprint reports that both the House and Senate can now officially begin writing the bill.

The passage comes after the initial vote was delayed because of a critical mass of opposition

from within the House Republican Conference. More than a dozen members had expressed concerns

that the measure before them didn't do enough to address the deficit. Congressional

leadership huddled with members overnight and continued negotiations into the morning.

Now that the budget blueprint has been adopted by the House and the Senate,

Republicans in both chambers will begin the heavy lift of writing and getting support for a

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