China has put civilian government officials in Beijing on “wartime footing” and ordered a diplomatic charm offensive aimed at encouraging other countries to push back against U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs,

The country, a key destination for California's billions of dollars in exports, has imposed an 84% tariff on U.S. goods.

President Trump’s escalating tariff battle with China is rattling the global economy and raising questions about how the standoff will end. Trump this week announced a 90-day pause on his sweeping tariffs against dozens of countries,

NBC News spoke with Trump supporters on Wall Street to see what they think about the president’s 90-day tariff reduction, and the impact it’s had on the stock market and foreign relations.

President Trump’s trade policies will make imports more expensive and calculating and paying the tariffs more complicated.

A long list of electronic products got a reprieve for now from at least some of the levies on China, which had been expected to take a toll on tech giants like Apple.

"This is not a permanent sort of exemption," Commrece Secretary Howard Lutnick said of Trump's tariff carve-outs for tech products.

Smartphones, computers and other electronic devices that won exemptions from some US tariffs will be part of a forthcoming levy on semiconductors, US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said, dampening what China had called a “small step” toward easing the trade fight between the world’s two biggest economies.