Donald Trump also called into question the prospects for a previously announced meeting with Chinese president Xi Jinping. Photograph: Susan Walsh/AP

US president Donald Trump revived the trade war against Beijing on Friday, ending an uneasy truce between the two largest economies with promises to sharply hike tariffs in a reprisal against China curbing its critical mineral exports.

The president unveiled additional levies of 100 per cent on China’s US-bound exports, along with new export controls on “any and all critical software” by November 1st, nine days before

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