China’s first major response to President Donald Trump’s tariffs wasn’t like the U.S.’s approach, which tackled all Chinese imports. Instead, Beijing singled out a handful of big areas — and major companies — to pile on the pressure.

China said on Tuesday it had launched an anti-monopoly investigation into Alphabet's Google and added two U.S. firms to its "unreliable entity list," minutes after additional U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods came into effect.

China slapped tariffs on a range of US products and announced a probe into Google moments after Trump imposed a 10% levy on goods from Beijing, reigniting a trade war between the