The tit-for-tat measures are the latest escalation in an increasingly protracted trade dispute between the world’s two largest economies.
China will levy tariffs on about $60 billion worth of U.S. goods in retaliation for the latest round of U.S. tariffs on Chinese products, as previously planned, but has reduced the level of tariffs that it will collect on the products.
Previously, U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to hit those goods with 25 percent tariffs immediately.
On Monday, the U.S. administration said it will begin to levy new tariffs of 10 percent on $200 billion of Chinese products on Sept. 24, with the tariffs to go up to 25 percent by the end of 2018.
