US President Trump doubled the tariff on all Chinese imports to 20% earlier this month, which could lead to Chinese companies flooding other markets with cheaper products, including chemicals..Indian chemicals companies might also feel the heat of potential reciprocal tariffs by the US.

Generic drugmakers and hospital pharmacists warn that added financial pressure from tariffs could strain the nation's generic drug supplies.

The leaders of both Canada and Mexico got on the phone with President Donald Trump this past week to seek solutions after he slapped tariffs on their countries, but China’s president appears unlikely to make a similar call soon.

No country should fantasize that it can suppress China and maintain a good relationship with China at the same time,” warned China’s foreign minister.

Beijing imposed broad tariffs on imports of American food and said 15 U.S. companies could no longer buy from China without special permission.

China's commerce minister says Beijing will not yield to bullying and its economy can weather tariffs and other challenges, though there are “no winners in a trade war."

The tariff actions, which could upend nearly $2.2 trillion in two-way annual U.S. trade, went live hours after Trump declared that all three countries had failed to do enough to stem the flow of the deadly fentanyl opioid.

And it has all failed.” The company has a contract for the logging site at Danger Bay on Afognak Island, just north of Kodiak. The site is owned by the Afognak Native Corporation, which could not be reached for comment.