The White House announced on Monday that it will impose increased tariffs on China, citing the ongoing fentanyl crisis in the U.S. as the driving force behind the move.

Beijing expressed strong opposition to Washington's latest tariff hike on Chinese products on Tuesday, and vowed to take "all necessary countermeasures" to defend its interests. "We urge the United States to immediately withdraw the unreasonable unilateral tariffs,

China will impose additional tariffs of up to 15% on some U.S. goods, its government said, while Canada vowed tariffs of up to 25% after new U.S. tariffs on both countries took effect.

The Kremlin said on Monday that someone would have to force Volodymyr Zelenskiy to make peace and that the Ukrainian leader's public clash with U.S. President Donald Trump had shown just how hard it would be to find a way to end the war.

Chinas Commerce Ministry has strongly opposed new U.S. tariffs on Chinese products linked to fentanyl, calling them unreasonable and groundless. The ministry accused the U.S. of using the fentanyl crisis as a pretext

China will take resolute countermeasures to firmly safeguard its rights and interests after the United States announced that it will impose an additional 10 percent tariff on Chinese exports to the US,

U.S. President Donald Trump's new 25% tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada took effect on Tuesday, along with a doubling of duties on Chinese goods to 20%, launching new trade conflicts with the top three U.

China and Canada hit back swiftly after Trump's sweeping trade tariffs took effect at midnight U.S. time Tuesday, escalating fears of a global trade war. International markets, meanwhile, continued to slide amid growing uncertainty.

The US president announced the additional 10 per cent duty on Chinese imports of deadly drugs, including fentanyl, stating that these are still coming into the US from China, Mexico, and Canada.