China on Friday placed initial anti-dumping duties of up to 62.4% on pork imports worth over $2 billion from the European Union, deepening trade tensions that spiked when the bloc imposed tariffs on China-made electric vehicles.

The probe , launched in July last year, was seen as retaliation for the EU’s antisubsidy duties on Chinese electric vehicles.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said India and Russia appear to have been "lost" to China, following the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meeting in Beijing this week where their leaders stood alongside Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Trump described the ceremony at the summit hosted by China "very, very impressive" and "beautiful," and that Chinese Leader Xi Jinping, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin "were hoping I was watching.

US President Donald Trump sees Russia and India turning more strongly towards China – and hints he is not happy about it. "Looks like we've lost India and Russia to deepest, darkest, China," he wrote on his Truth Social platform on Friday.