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       The business district in Beijing. Chinese companies could see the cost of their U.S. imports double.Credit...Jade Gao/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

       Trump threatened China with even bigger tariffs President Trump yesterday told China to rescind its retaliatory tariffs on the U.S. or face additional tariffs of 50 percent starting tomorrow. The threat came as countries around the world were trying to appeal to the president to have steep tariffs rolled back.

       The added tariffs would bring the total taxes that Trump has imposed on Chinese imports since he came into office to 104 percent.

       Asia: Bangladesh and Vietnam asked Trump to delay imposing the tariffs, while the Philippines offered to reduce tariffs on U.S. goods. South Korea and Japan said they wanted to hold talks with the Trump administration.

       Europe: E.U. officials are taking a two-part approach, offering to slash tariffs on American-made cars — which Trump later told reporters wasn’t good enough — and industrial products even as they prepare to retaliate with wide-ranging import taxes. Representatives from the bloc are expected to vote tomorrow on a list of products they plan to target with tariffs.

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       Markets: Wall Street swung wildly, with the S&P 500 ending the day in a decline.

       More on Trump Chief Justice John Roberts temporarily blocked a judge’s order directing the U.S. to return a Salvadoran immigrant it had wrongly deported.

       As the Trump administration pulls government websites and data offline, it is letting the president declare his own version of history.

       The Trump administration plans to spend $45 billion to expand immigrant detention facilities to a scale never before seen in the U.S.

       Track Trump’s actions since he took office.

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       President Trump yesterday in the Oval Office.Credit...Eric Lee/The New York Times

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