Beijing,

China will soon announce a list of retaliatory tariffs on United States exports to China to counter an expected announcement from the United States of proposed

new tariffs on Chinese imports, the Global Times said Wednesday.

The Chinese list will target a large number of major US imports to China, said the English-language editorial.

The widely-read state run Global Times is run by the ruling Communist Party’s official People’s Daily, although its stance does not necessarily equate with

Chinese government policy.

Trade tensions between the two countries flared last week after US President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on steel and aluminium imports and targeted China

by announcing plans for tariffs on up to $60 billion of Chinese goods.

Alarm over a possible trade war between the world’s two largest economies has chilled financial markets as investors anticipated dire consequences should

trade barriers go up due to Trump’s bid to cut the US deficit with China.

Markets are now waiting for the US to publish a list of Chinese products that could be targeted with additional tariffs after a US inquiry found China guilty of

intellectual property theft and unfair trade.

“Compared to China’s list, the US list hurts itself more than China. The tougher the move, the stronger the impact on Washington,” said the Global Times in its

editorial.

“This will deal a heavy blow to Washington that aggressively wields the stick of trade war and will make the US pay a price for its radical trade policy toward

China,” the tabloid outlet said.