President Donald Trump said Friday the United States will impose a 100% tariff on Chinese goods beginning Nov. 1, citing what he called an “extraordinarily aggressive” move by Beijing.

In a statement on Truth Social, President Trump claimed China had issued a letter to countries declaring plans to impose “large scale export controls on virtually every product they make” starting on the same date. He called the action “unheard of in international trade” and a “moral disgrace.”

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The president said the U.S. tariffs would be imposed on top of tariffs China is already paying. He also announced forthcoming export controls on “any and all critical software,” though he did not specify which products would

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