a bitter trade dispute that's rattled financial markets so far neither side has signaled a willingness to compromise we've been ripped off by. ramping up the rhetoric both sides remain i'm willing to give in afraid of backing down would be seen as weakness and so the fight continues to escalate last year the u.s. imported five hundred five billion dollars worth of goods from china this summer president trump impose tariffs on fifty billion dollars worth of them and on monday further duties came into effect another two hundred billion dollars worth of goods on the other side china its imports from the u.s. in twenty seventeen totaled one hundred twenty nine billion dollars in the summer china also imposed on some fifty billion dollars worth of u.s. goods in response to u.s. tariffs and retaliating now to the latest round of punitive measures from washington it's added u.t.s. to a further sixty billion dollars worth of u.s. goods as a result almost all imports from the u.s.