The US-China trade war has escalated dramatically in recent weeks. Here's a timeline of everything that's happened so far.

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• The Trump administration started a trade dispute with China in early 2018, in an attempt to address practices it said put US companies at a disadvantage.

• The two sides have since slapped steep tariffs on thousands of products and threatened further escalations, with no clear end in sight.

• Here's a timeline of the US-China trade war so far.

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