Will today be remembered as the Eve of the US-China trade war of 2018? Tomorrow, Friday 6th 2018 the US is supposed to impose a new set of tariffs on Chinese imports to the US. The 25% tariffs on $50 billion worth of Chinese imports is in response to what the Trump administration has labeled the theft of American intellectual property. $34 billion will be subject to the tariff starting tomorrow with the remaining $16 billion set to take effect on June 15th.