imports. tonight beijing is hitting ed: the us increased tariffs on billions of dollars of chinese imports. tonight beijing is hitting back. edward lawrence has the details. reporter: the trade dispute is escalating, china saying they will put 25% tariff on a number of us exports including soybeans, suvs and crude oil. the ministry of commerce spokesperson saying donald trump, quote, launched the largest trade war and economic history to date, the taxation is a typical trade bullying is in which is jeopardizing the global industrial chain in response to tariffs, $34 billion of chinese technology good starting today and $16 billion more in two weeks, the trump administration says the chinese have not opened their markets to us goods, they