President-elect Donald Trump has just declared his intention that, on his first day in office, he will impose 10 per cent tariffs on all US imports from China, including those already subject to such levies.

China’s state media has warned U.S. President-elect Donald Trump against initiating a tariff war, following his pledge to impose additional tariffs on Chinese goods over fentanyl flows. Editorials in *China Daily* and *Global Times* caution that such a move could lead to a mutually destructive economic conflict between the world’s top economies.

China's state media warned U.S. President-elect Donald Trump his pledge to slap additional tariffs on Chinese goods over fentanyl flows could drag the world's top two economies into a mutually destructive tariff war.

President-elect of the United States, Donald Trump, has announced plans to impose a 10% tariff on all imports from China. He attributed this move to the "influx of illegal drugs, including fentanyl and other substances,