Donald Trump has announced the US will impose an additional 100% tariff on China imports, accusing it of taking an "extraordinarily aggressive position" on trade.

In a post to his Truth Social platform on Friday, the US president said Beijing had sent an "extremely hostile letter to the world" and imposed "large-scale export controls on virtually every product they make".

Mr Trump, who warned the additional tariffs would start on November 1, said the US would also impose export controls on any and all critical software to China.

The President added that he was imposing the tariffs because of export controls placed on rare earths by China.

He wrote: "Based on the fact that China has taken this unprecedented position, and speaking only for the USA, and not other nations who were similarl

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