India, April 9 -- The United States has officially imposed a massive 104 per cent tariff on Chinese imports, triggering tension in the already deteriorated relationship between the world's two largest economies.

The US move might hit troubled global markets, which have witnessed massive falls in recent days since President Trump announced reciprocal tariffs.

Ass part of Trump's reciprocal tariff package, China was already set to see a tariff hike of 34 percent.

However, Trump added additional 50 percent tariff when China did not back out from its promise to impose 34 percent retaliatory tariffs on US goods by noon Tuesday.

The US had previously imposed 20 percent tariff on China in March.

Speaking on the latest moves announced by the...