China announced tariffs on over $2.6 billion worth of Canadian agricultural and food products on Saturday, retaliating against levies Ottawa introduced in October and opening a new front in a trade war largely driven by U.

Initially, his administration imposed a blanket 25 percent tariff on trade with Canada, excluding certain energy products, and 25 percent on Mexico. However, some of these were later suspended for one month. Trump also placed an additional 10 percent tariff on trade with China.

Beijing, which set steep duties on canola, peas and pork, wants Canada and Mexico to resist U.S. pressure to raise tariffs on Chinese goods.

China announced tariffs on Canadian agricultural and food products on Saturday, retaliating against levies Ottawa introduced in

China said on Saturday it would slap tariffs on Canadian products including rapeseed oil and pork, after a Beijing probe into levies imposed by Ottawa on Chinese goods last year. Beijing’s commerce ministry said it would hit imported rapeseed oil,

China has announced retaliatory tariffs on some Canadian farm and food imports, after Canada imposed duties in October on Chinese-made electric vehicles and steel and aluminum products