The number, published in a White House memo, comes in addition to a 20% levy put into place earlier this year over China’s role in fentanyl trafficking.

Trump announced a 90-day pause on a host of global tariffs he had planned, but increased levies on Chinese imports to 145%. "We urge the US to take a big step to correct its mistakes, completely cancel the wrong practice of 'reciprocal tariffs' and return to the right path of mutual respect,