Trump orders huge US tariffs on China

By Ken Thomas and Paul Wiseman
Updated March 23 2018 - 1:24pm, first published 1:17pm
US President Donald Trump says he's talking to Beijing even as he eyes tariffs on Chinese imports.
US President Donald Trump says he's talking to Beijing even as he eyes tariffs on Chinese imports.

Primed for economic combat, President Donald Trump has set in motion tariffs on as much as $US60 billion in Chinese imports to the US and accused the Chinese of high-tech thievery, picking a fight that could push the global heavyweights into a trade war.