WASHINGTON — President Trump directed the U.S. Trade Representative to prepare new tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese imports Monday as the two nations moved closer to a potential trade war. The tariffs, which Trump wants set at a 10 percent rate, would be the latest round of punitive measures in an escalating dispute over the large trade imbalance between the two countries.
Trump Threatens New Tariffs On Chinese Imports, In Another Step Toward Trade War
JEFF KAROUB and ZEKE MILLER - Associated Press, Portland Press Herald
Mon, 06/18/2018 - 6:18pm
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