In the United States, the decision to impose duties of 25% on imported goods from China came into force. This step was the actual beginning of a full-scale trade war between the countries. The total value of goods subject to duties is estimated at $ 34 billion. "Then there will be another $ 16 billion in two weeks, and then, as you know, we have $ 200 billion in fees that are under consideration, and then we have $ 300 billion under consideration," said US President Donald Trump. China, for its part, took mirror measures. They came into force at 12:01 Beijing time (07:01 GMT). "According to the US Customs and Border Service, the United States on July 6 at 00:01 local time, introduced the first batch of duties for 818 positions of Chinese goods in size of 25%. Their total cost is $ 34 billion. In retaliation, China simultaneously introduced duties of 25% on similarly large US commodity positions, "- said in a statement of the Chinese Customs Service. In a trade dispute, each side insists on its rightness and is not ready for compromises. The decision to impose taxes on Washington was made in connection with the illegal, in terms of the United States, the appropriation by Chinese enterprises of American intellectual property and technology, as well as the use of Beijing's "unfair trade practices," said earlier the head of the White House. According to Trump, the new measures will help eliminate the US deficit in bilateral trade with China, reaching $ 500 billion a year. In Beijing, said that the new steps of the American side infringe the national interests of the PRC, and therefore the authorities of the Heavenly Empire will give a decisive response to Washington. The introduction of new duties on Chinese imports of the United States "began the biggest trade war in history," the Ministry of Commerce of the PRC. In the meantime, the Russian authorities have promised to do everything possible to minimize the unpleasant consequences for our country of the trade conflict between the US and China.

In the Kremlin, "with great attention" is being monitored by measures of protectionist nature on the part of the United States and the reciprocal steps of other countries, including by China, the press secretary of the Russian president Dmitry Peskov told journalists. "Undoubtedly, this can not but have consequences for specific sectors of the world economy, this is why our interest is dictated. Russia has taken and will take the measures necessary to protect its own interests, all the more so because such measures are provided for by the rules of the World Trade Organization, "added the Kremlin spokesman.