China is to enforce anti-dumping duties on US chicken imports, accusing American poultry firms of exporting the meat at unfairly low prices.
In just the latest in a series of trade disputes between the two countries, China’s Commerce Department said the tariffs will start from 13 February.
China launched an investigation into US chicken in September, a day after the US put tariffs on Chinese tyres.
President Obama said this week he would get “much tougher” with China on trade.
Tensions between the two nations have been further exacerbated by the US president saying on Tuesday that he intended to go ahead with plans to meet the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader, despite China calling for the meeting to be abandoned.
Beijing has also been angered by the US’s new $6.4bn (£4bn) arms deal with Taiwan.
