The well predicted trade war has finally started.

Start of US-China trade war - China retaliates by starting probe into the alleged dumping of American auto and chicken products
Fred Day
Sep. 13, 2009



The U.S. placed tariffs starting at 35 percent on $1.8 billion of tire imports from China, backing a United Steelworkers union complaint.

China announced a probe into the alleged dumping of American auto and chicken products, two days after U.S. President Barack Obama imposed tariffs on imports of tires from the Asian nation.
The Chinese honeymoon with Bush and Clinton Administrations have finally come to an end.
The U.S. decision in the tire case was a blow to Chinese producers such as GITI Tire Pte Ltd., the largest Chinese tire maker, and U.S. retailers of low-cost imports.




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Maybe this begins to explain the increased shipping problems some of you have been experiencing these past couple weeks. Anybody remember me saying this in PMs or maybe a couple threads?


Let's see if it blows up or fizzles out...