But this week, after President Donald Trump’s tariffs on items imported from China took effect, the same crackers have a new price: $6.99. Chinatowns across the U.S. are feeling the effects of the escalating tariff war,

China's commerce ministry on Thursday urged the United States to stop putting "extreme pressure" on the world's second-largest economy and demanded respect in any trade talks, but the two sides remained at an impasse over who should start those talks.

President Donald Trump said Thursday that the United States was in talks with China on tariffs, adding that he was confident the world's largest economies could make a deal to