Shipments from China to the West Coast are poised to plunge by as much as 35% as President Donald Trump’s newly imposed tariffs prompt major American retailers to slash import orders, the executive director of the Port of Los Angeles said Tuesday.

President Donald Trump's tariff onslaught raised levies on China to 145% in early April, since then cargo shipments have plummeted, perhaps by as much as 60%. That drastic reduction in goods from one of the largest US trading partners hasn't been felt by many Americans yet,

Official data will come in time, but everyone is impatient and wants information faster. The FT report noted that “scheduled container volumes are plummeting at the Port of Los Angeles”. According to the IMF, the port accounts for more than 15 per cent of all US imports, with the vast majority of that being shipped from China.

The view that the Chinese leadership was desperate to negotiate a trade deal, to avoid economic pain that could destabilize Chinese society and threaten the Chinese Communist Party’s monopoly on power, is common among China hawks in the United States. This analysis is partly accurate, but it has led many to draw false conclusions.

China has advanced this year's stimulus plans but is holding off on fresh measures as it tries to maintain composure, betting on Washington blinking first in a protracted trade war.

The US Senate has confirmed that former Georgia Senator David Perdue will become ambassador to China, a key post amid the Trump administration's escalating trade tensions with Beijing. Perdue, who was nominated by Trump during the transition period in December,

The Senate has confirmed former Sen. David Perdue as ambassador to China, just as the U.S. and China are locked in a tariff showdown that threatens to redefine diplomatic relations between the world’s two largest economies.

China's foreign ministry said on Monday the presidents of China the United States "didn't have a call recently," when asked about Donald Trump saying in an interview with Time magazine that Xi Jinping has called him.

China is reportedly conducting a global diplomatic campaign to oppose President Donald Trump’s new trade deals with US allies. According to a Bloomberg report on Tuesday, Beijing is trying to reframe itself as a global rules-based order defender and make other countries see Washington as an unreliable trading partner.