Trump Orders Postal Carriers To Search, Refuse All Deliveries Of Fentanyl From China

Earlier Friday, China made an announcement that it will impose an additional 5% to 10% tariff rates to $75 billion worth of U.S. goods.

President Donald Trump later tweeted that the U.S. was "better-off" without China. He also claims he made an order to carriers such as FedEx FDX, UPS UPS, Amazon.com AMZN and the U.S. Postal Service:

Trump said he will be responding to the additional tariffs later Friday afternoon.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down more than 420 points at time of publication.

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