BEIJING -- China has threatened new tariffs on $60 billion in American products amid signs of President Xi Jinping running out of options as pressure on him to act mounts in a particularly sensitive political season.
The inclusion of American liquefied natural gas in the top tier for an additional 25% of duties shows just how badly relations have deteriorated since U.S. President Donald Trump's visit to Beijing last November, when China shut down the Forbidden City to entertain him with a private dinner there.
