“Beijing and Hong Kong officials have used Hong Kong national security laws extraterritorially to intimidate, silence, and harass 19 pro-democracy activists who were forced to flee overseas, including a U.S. citizen and four other U.S. residents,” the U.S. State Department said.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs Commissioner Cui Jianchun expresses 'solemn representations' to US Consul General Gregory May over penalties on six officials Beijing's foreign affairs representative in Hong Kong has met the top US envoy in the city to lodge "solemn representations" against the latest sanctions imposed by Washington on six mainland Chinese and local officials.

The sanctions are expected to further escalate tensions between Washington and Beijing, who are already locked in friction over trade tariffs and other issues like Taiwan.

The latest impost, stacked on top of an earlier 20 per cent tariff, threatens to further ratchet up tensions between the world’s two largest economies.

Washington’s protectionist trade decisions, China’s ‘inevitable retaliation’ will ‘serve no sides,’ as trade wars between world’s largest economies fuel uncertainties, says trade representative - Anad

China vows to retaliate against Donald Trump's new tariffs, which raise average US tariffs on China to at least 65%, and urges the US to "immediately cancel" the tariffs. But this could wind up being a bright spot for Beijing.

Trump imposed the steepest US tariffs in more than a century, stepping up his campaign to reshape global trade.

As US President Donald Trump laid out tariffs on virtually every one of America's trading partners on Wednesday, he had strong words for Beijing. "I have great respect for President Xi [Jinping] of China,

Beijing on Thursday threatened countermeasures after US President Donald Trump announced new tariffs on Chinese goods, further escalating trade tensions between the world's two largest economies. The US has already imposed 20% tariffs on Chinese imports,

President Donald Trump's expansive new tariff regime flips on its head a decades-long global trend of lower trade barriers and is likely, economists say, to raise prices for Americans by thousands of dollars each year while sharply slowing the U.

Donald Trump’s decision to boost tariffs on almost every country will deal a blow to China’s economy. But it’s also handing Xi Jinping a rare opening to deepen relationships across the board, including with key US allies in Asia and beyond.

President Donald Trump's move to slap a 10% tariff on most goods imported to the United States, as well as much higher levies on dozens of rivals and allies alike, has intensified a global trade war that threatens to stoke inflation and stall growth.