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By HUIZHONG WU and ELAINE KURTENBACH, Associated Press

BANGKOK (AP) — China announced Friday that it will impose a 34% tariff on imports of all U.S. products beginning April 10, part of a flurry of retaliatory measures following U.S. President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” slate of double-digit tariffs.

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The new tariff matches the rate of the U.S. “reciprocal” tariff of 34% on Chinese exports that Trump ordered this week.

The Commerce Ministry in Beijing also said in a notice that it will impose more export controls on rare earths, which are materials used in high-tech products such as computer chips and electric vehicle batteries. read more

The owners of hundreds of acres of pristine ranchland — where former state Rep. Chris Dorworth tried to build controversial megadevelopment River Cross in 2018 — are asking Seminole to buy the property for conservation.

“It would be a milestone for Seminole County to protect this property,” said Charles Lee, director of advocacy for Audubon Florida.

The Clayton family has long owned the 669 acres officially known as Hi-Oaks Ranch but sometimes listed as High Oaks. The land is tucked between Econlockhatchee River and County Road 419 — just north of the Orange County line.

“We love the land and the animals,” said Jonathan Clayton, who is helping coordinate the sale of his family’s property. “But we love people more. And we’d like to see the property benefit people.”

The family submitted an application to a county advisory board asking Seminole to purchase the land under the Seminole Forever program, which helps preserve land from development

What the family might charge for the property and whether the county could afford it is not yet clear. The purchase price on the failed 2018 deal was $35.5 million. read more