Chinese Hotel Imposes Discriminatory Rates for Americans Amid Trade War

Chinese Hotel Imposes Discriminatory Rates for Americans Amid Trade War
The skyline of Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, China on August 18, 2004. A hotel in Shenzhen recently imposed a 25 percent surcharge on American guests staying there. Samantha Sin/AFP/Getty Images
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SHENZHEN, China—Amid an escalating trade war between Washington and Beijing, a hotel in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen has enacted a discriminatory policy charging U.S. guests an extra 25 percent, a parallel to the 25 percent tit-for-tat tariffs enacted by both countries.
Three staff members at Modern Classic Hotel Group, who declined to be identified, told Reuters that the policy was posted at the hotel as of July 12 but has since been removed.