China is the world's top energy importer but its purchases from the United States are relatively modest, blunting the impact of Beijing's move on Tuesday to slap retaliatory tariffs on imports of U.S.

China has reiterated it could take “necessary countermeasures" after U.S. President Donald Trump decided to impose a 10% tariff on China for allegedly doing too little to stem the production of precur

China has imposed tariffs on some American imports, including crude oil, agricultural machinery and liquefied natural gas. CNN reports that the development is in retaliation for the President Donald Trump’s administration’s imposition of 10% tariffs on Chinese imports into the United States.