Fallout of hefty levies expands amid strong opposition

The United States on Tuesday raised the total tariff on Chinese imports to more than 120 percent, which will have a widespread impact on trade between the world's two largest economies, according to experts and politicians.

"There is tremendous uncertainty about the future of US-China trade," Z. John Zhang, professor of marketing at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, told China Daily.

"In public, I can imagine that governments may say one thing, but hopefully in private they will find a way to negotiate and accommodate each other. But at this point, that uncertainty is at its highest."