Latest tariffs are aimed at three hundred american broad. new negotiations couldn t prevent the latest turn of the screw so far the u.s. and china have each imposed import duties on goods worth around fifty billion u.s. dollars now american companies in china i getting on the easy to meet issue that our companies think about is the uncertainty that the conflict brings uncertainty isn t good for business it limits your ability to invest in new developments in a country that impacts your ability to hire new staff u.s. president trump is not just attacking the trade deficit with china he s also fired shots at beijing s industrial policies accusing the chinese government of paying high subsidies to companies in the tech sector like robotics and out official intelligence sectors hit by tariffs starting to hurt on both sides like at this market in beijing many have stopped ordering agricultural products from the. u.s. because they ve become too expensive the new g.