Chinas Tariffs on U.S. Agricultural Products Take Effect

Beijing began imposing tariffs on Monday on many farm products from the United States, for which China is the largest overseas market.It is the latest escalation of a trade fight between the world’s two-largest economies.The Chinese government announced the tariffs last week, shortly after President Trump raised tariffs on Chinese products for the second time since he took office in January.

The Chinese tariffs will include a levy of 15 percent on U.S.products like chicken, wheat and corn, as well as 10 percent on products like soybeans, pork, beef and fruit.Beijing said that goods that had already been shipped by Monday and imported by April 12 would not be subject to the new tariffs.A spokesman for the National People’s Congress, China’s annual legislative session, said last week that Mr.

Trump’s latest tariffs had “disrupted the security and stability of the global industrial and supply chains.”The Chinese government also said it was blocking 15 U.S.companies from buying Chinese products unless it granted special permission, including a manufacturer of drones that supplies the U.S.

military.And it said it was blocking another 10 U.S.

companies from doing business in China.Mr.Trump imposed a 10 percent tariff on almost all imports from China in early February, and raised the tariff to 20 percent last week.

He has said the actions were intended partly to pressure China to reduce the flow of the opioid fentanyl into the United States.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.If you are in Reader mode please exit and log into your Times account, or subscribe for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber? Log in.Want all of The Times? Subscribe....