China's trade spat with the European Union deepened as Beijing introduced tariffs of up to 30 percent on brandy originating in the 27-member bloc.

More than 90 per cent of the Australian rock lobster trade was exported to China before the trade restrictions, worth about $770 million. The ban resulted in a spike in Australian exports to nearby markets, including Hong Kong, Taiwan and Vietnam, amid reports of lobsters being smuggled across the border in a flourishing of black market trade.

China says its anti-dumping penalties against brandy imported from the EU are legitimate trade remedy measures. Hennesy and other brands, mostly from France, will face extra import tax from Friday. The EU says it will challenge the measures at the World Trade Organisation.

Global trade records show a printing company in China’s eastern city of Hangzhou shipped close to 120,000 of the Bibles to the United States between early February and late March.

Donald Trump's $59.99 "God Bless the USA" Bibles were printed in China, a country he has accused of stealing American jobs.

Thousands of copies of Donald Trump’s “God Bless the USA” Bible were printed in a country that the former president has repeatedly accused of stealing American jobs and engaging in unfair trade practices — China.