China on Monday imposed tariffs on 128 US imports worth US$3 billion, including fruit and pork, retaliating for US duties on steel and aluminium that Beijing said “seriously infringed” Chinese interests. The U.S. didn’t respond to China’s March 26 request for consultation on Washington’s steel and aluminum tariffs, the US Commerce Ministry said in a statement Monday, adding that officials have widespread public support for tougher measures and repeating Beijing’s stance that disputes should be resolved with dialogue. Economist Andy Xie says the US has neither the stomach for a recession nor a coherent industrial policy, the two elements needed to engage in a real trade war with Asia.