Bullion rose more than 1 per cent to scale an all-time peak of $3,219.84 earlier in the session, and has gained around 5 per cent this week
The tariff actions, which could upend nearly $2.2 trillion in two-way annual US trade went live at 12:01am EST (0501 GMT)
China’s Finance Ministry said it would impose levies of 15 per cent for US coal and LNG and 10 per cent for crude oil
The US dollar shot to a record peak against the Chinese yuan in offshore trading