Pakistan, Oct. 11 -- WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump has reignited the trade war with China, announcing an additional 100% tariff on Chinese goods and threatening to cancel his upcoming meeting with President Xi Jinping.

Trump said the move comes in retaliation for what he described as Beijing's "extraordinarily aggressive" decision to impose export restrictions on rare earth minerals, vital materials used in smartphones, electric vehicles, and defense technology.

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"It is impossible to believe that China would have taken such an action, but they have, and the rest is history," Trump wrote on Truth Social. The new tariffs will take effect on November 1, along with fresh ...