Foreign manufacturers in China are paying duties of 125 per cent to import components and then 145 per cent to export to the US as Donald Trump’s trade war hammers their operations. International companies and joint ventures account for nearly one-third of China’s total trade,

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China and the US, the world's two biggest economies, are locked in an escalating tit-for-tat trade battle triggered by Trump's levies on Chinese goods, which have reached 145 per cent on many products.