Donald Trump and China are engaged in a battle of tariffs. Here's why America could lose the international EV race in the process.

There is much more to this than straightforward retaliation, writes John Sudworth, and it traces back to his first term.

As President Trump threatens China with even more tariffs, Beijing says it will never bow to "unilateral bullying," and "will fight to the end."

Trump's most recent tariffs, which affected almost all U.S. trade partners, increased import taxes on Chinese goods to 104%. Beijing responded with additional tariffs on U.S. imports, raising the total levy to 84% set to take effect within hours.

China had raised its duty on American goods to 84% in tit-for-tat hikes that threaten to disrupt trade between the world’s two largest economies.

Although Mr Trump’s intentions in unleashing the biggest disruption to trade in modern history are not fully clear, he seems less interested in striking a deal with China than ever before. All negotiations would be terminated if China imposes its levy of 34%,

Oil prices fell around 1% on Thursday as U.S. President Donald Trump ramped up a trade war with China, even as he announced a 90-day pause on tariffs aimed at other countries.

In a stunning reversal, U.S. President Donald Trump said he would temporarily lower the hefty duties he had just imposed on dozens of countries while further ramping up pressure on China, sending global stocks rocketing higher.

"It would be a mistake to think that China will back off and remove tariffs unilaterally," says Alfredo Montufar-Helu, a senior advisor to the China Center at The Conference Board think tank. "Not only would it make China look weak,

China's commerce minister had talks with the European trade and economic security commissioner Maros Sefcovic on Tuesday via a video call, the Chinese ministry said. Both sides will immediately carry out negotiations on electric vehicle price commitments,

CATL is expanding in Europe — and the recent collapse of Northvolt, the Swedish battery maker that burnt through $15 billion, could smooth its path.

China’s commerce ministry has said that China and the European Union have agreed to restart negotiations on electric-vehicle tariffs, coming hot on the heels of Trump’s announcement of more tariffs.

US President Donald Trump's latest wave of tariffs has come into force, with imports from China hit by a 104% rate amid an escalating standoff between the world's two biggest economies. Tariffs ranging from 11% to 104% now apply to imports from around 60 US trade partners,

U.S. farmers are concerned as the trade war with China gets worse. This comes as new tariffs on U.S. goods reached 84% and as President Trump's tariffs took effect. CBS News' Lana Zak reports.

Beijing declined to say whether it would negotiate with the White House, as many other countries have started doing.

China and the European Union have exchanged views on strengthening their economic and trade cooperation in response to U.S. tariffs, the Chinese Commerce Ministry said on Thursday.

China's finance ministry has announced an 84% tariff on goods imported from the US, retaliating against recent levies imposed by the White House. The hike in tariffs, from 34%, came after US President Donald Trump's 104% tariff on Chinese goods came into force on Wednesday - they were later increased to 125%.

Facing a global market meltdown, President Donald Trump on Wednesday abruptly backed down on his tariffs on most nations for 90 days, but raised his tax rate on Chinese imports to 125%.