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The tariffs arrival also made real a campaign-trail pledge for Trump, who has fulminated for years against what he describes as Beijings underhanded economic treatment of the United States.An industrial survey confirmed that companies were white-knuckling their way through Trumps intensifying, multi-front trade assault. He said Washington stood ready to slap duties on hundreds of billions more in Chinese imports once Fridays tariffs took effect.But, with the GOP facing strong political headwinds ahead of Novembers mid-term elections, Chinas countermeasures left both Trump and Republican lawmakers increasingly vulnerable to voters who appear likely to boost the fortunes of opposition Democrats.And they say the current US economic strength, as well as Americas soaring trade deficit in goods, means the worlds largest economy can outlast its rivals in the current tit-for-tat battle, presenting Washington with a rare window of opportunity to settle old scores.

The powerful US Chamber of Commerce, a principal corporate lobby, said this week that retaliation from China, Canada, Mexico, the European Union and others against Trumps tariffs was already affecting USD 75 billion in US exports -- much of this from states that had narrowly supported Trump in 2016s presidential elections.The arrival of the long-threatened tariffs marked the failure of months of dialogue between the worlds two largest economies and came amid hand-wringing from industry leaders who fear shrinking markets, higher prices and slower growth.But it remained to be seen whether the American president would carry out recent threats to respond to any Chinese retaliation with maximum pressure -- raising US duties on Chinese goods in increments of USD 200 billion until virtually all the goods America buys from its largest trading partner are subject to duties.Washington: Punishing US tariffs on Chinese imports took effect early Friday, marking the start of President Donald Trumps trade war with the largest US trading partner and intensifying the anxieties of global industry.Businesses around the United States told the central bank that spending plans had been scaled back or postponed and they also waed of further adverse effects from the trade conflict, according to a Federal Reserve survey.But, aboard Air Force One on Thursday en route to Montana, Trump erased any hope of an about-face.2 billion last year, further stoking Trumps ire.

The start of the trade war likely confirms the widening rupture between Trump and his own Republican Party, a traditional champion of free trade and big business whose members, while critical, have so-far shrunk from curtailing the White Houses trade powers.Beijing was expected to immediately retaliate dollar-for-dollar with its own counter-tariffs after Trump imposed 25 percent duties on about USD 34 billion in Chinese machinery, electronics and high-tech equipment including autos, computer hard drives and LEDs.US officials China Wholesale Socks Knitting Machine Manufacturers accuse China of building that countrys emerging industrial dominance by stealing the "crown jewels" of American technological know-how through cyber-theft, forced transfers of intellectual property, state-sponsored corporate acquisitions and other alleged practices."Were starting to see signs of inflation, not sharp inflation, but definitely inflation," Anthony Nieves, head of a services industry survey committee for the Institute for Supply Management, told reporters on Thursday.The US trade deficit in goods with China ballooned to a record USD 375..Red states feel the pinchAs the tariffs start approached at midnight, the US central bank waed Thursday the impending trade battle was beginning to darken the otherwise blue skies of the robust American economy, now starting its 10th year of recovery.