United States President Donald Trump's threat of additional tariffs on US$200 billion (S$272 billion) worth of Chinese goods has dramatically raised the risk of a full-scale trade war with China.
"If China increases its tariffs yet again, we will meet that action by pursuing additional tariffs on another US$200 billion of goods," he said in a statement on Monday.
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