companies that do business in china to, quote, immediately start looking for an alternative. beijing already has tariffs on about $110 billion worth of u.s. exports which included things like almonds, toys and machinery. the new tariffs will target over 5,000 products including soybeans, coffee, whiskey, seafood and crowd isle. so crude oil. the rest are effective december 15th, mirroring trump s latest tariff threat, the back and forth has been going on for more than a year now, and no one is winning. businesses, therefore consumers, in both countries are feeling the pinch. the g-7 nations putting pressure on brazil to deal with the huge number of fires blazing in the amazon rain force. the summit host french presidet emmanuel macron tweeting our house is burning literally. the amazon rain forest the lungs of our planet, which produces 20% of our oxygen is on fire.