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  China tells Trump it's time to settle trade war, warns against US tariff hikes
  Tariffs of 10% and 5% will take effect on two batches of goods on September 1 and December 15, the ministry said in a statement.
  Davie Stephens, president of the American Soybean Association (ASA), says that his organization has requested once, and is doing so again, for an end to the tariffs on US soybeans.
  Trump is pressing Beijing to narrow its trade surplus and roll back plans for a massive state-led strategy to create global leaders in robotics, electric cars and other technology industries. Trump said he will be responding to China "this afternoon".
  "UPS takes a multi-layered approach to security and compliance to identify and prevent delivery of illegal Fentanyl and other illicit substances as well as any other attempts of noncompliant shipments", the shipping business said. In the past month, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE: SPY) and the SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (NYSE: DIA) are down 2.3% and 3.8%, respectively.
  "We don't need China and, frankly, would be far better off without them", Trump tweeted on Friday.
  "We want a deal, but it doesn't mean we want a deal that is not based on mutual respect or good for China's interests", a Chinese diplomatic source said.
  "There doesn't seem to be a floor under the spiraling down of the relationship, and world markets are reacting negatively to a business climate beset by uncertainty and risk", said Douglas Barry, spokesman for the U.S.
  China announced plans to impose additional tariffs on US$75 billion of American goods including soybeans, automobiles and oil, with the retaliation for President Donald Trump's latest planned levies on Chinese imports sending USA stock futures tumbling.
  According to a separate announcement made by the commission Friday, China will resume imposing additional tariffs of 25 percent or 5 percent on American-made vehicles and auto parts starting from 12:01 p.m. December 15. Analyst Amanda DeBusk says the situation is "very serious", but China's tariff retaliation is not surprising.
  In this file photo taken on July 31, 2019, U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a press conference after a Federal Open Market Committee meeting in Washington, D.C. Carmakers such as Daimler and Tesla had adjusted their prices in China when the auto and auto parts tariffs had been suspended.