The rapid-fire shots of tariffs and import curbs hearken back to Trump’s first term in office, when the U.S. and China engaged in a trade war that spanned most of Trump’s first four years in office and was continued to a certain extent under his successor, Joe Biden.

Google’s limited presence in China gives Beijing room to hit back harder if President Donald Trump’s trade war escalates.

China retaliated against new U.S. tariffs soon after they took effect Tuesday, imposing duties on the imports of some American goods and launching an antitrust probe into Google, broadening the trade war between the world's two largest economies.