Washington – U.S. President Donald Trump threatened on Monday to impose a 10 percent tariff on $200 billion of Chinese goods, escalating a tit-for-tat trade war with Beijing.
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Trump said in a statement he had asked the U.S. trade representative to identify the Chinese products to be subject to the new tariffs. He said the move would be in retaliation for China’s decision to raise tariffs on $50 billion in U.S. goods.
“After the legal process is complete, these tariffs will go into effect if China refuses to change its practices, and also if it insists on going forward with the new tariffs that it has recently announced,” Trump said.
The economy is going very well. Why does the President want to make economic changes?
Pres Trump is probably the most business savvy and deal making savvy person in the world. I trust him implicitly on this issue and his instincts and political moves thus far, on so many issues, have been exactly right, even brilliant, which is evidenced on the unprecedented successes he’s had in rebuilding our broken economy, bringing our unemployment to record lows, bringing enemies to the negotiating table, etc. Especially considering this