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China could greatly increase tariffs on U.S. agricultural products, or even stop importing them completely.
From NBC News
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he would love to get a deal with China to end an escalating trade war.
From Reuters
Beijing on Friday increased its tariffs on U.S. imports to 125 per cent, hitting back against U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to hike duties on Chinese goods to 145 per cent, raising the stakes...
From CBC.ca
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A unified North American trading powerhouse has long been seen as a potential bulwark against China. But Trump has repeatedly threatened to take over Canada and has targeted Mexico with some of his toughest tariffs. New Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has warned that his country’s traditional relationship with Washington is over.
11hon MSN
On Tuesday, President Donald Trump bragged that many foreign leaders were “kissing his ass” to avoid the steep tariffs he’d imposed on their countries. But China’s leader, Xi Jinping, was not one of them. “We are waiting for their call,” Trump said of China’s leadership in a social-media post.
Xi Jinping has refused to back down in China’s tariff confrontation with President Trump. But he’ll have to persuade his people that the pain is worth it.
A large share of Chinese exports to the U.S. are relatively cheap, low-tech items like toys, furniture, appliances and apparel. But China also imports many high-end products and components such as semiconductors, aircraft and aircraft parts, pharmaceuticals and industrial machines.
The fast-worsening trade war between the United States and China — the planet’s premier geopolitical powers, whose economies are intricately entwined — threatens to wreak severe damage on both nations and will send shockwaves worldwide.
President Donald Trump increased the tariffs on goods from China, setting off retaliatory tariffs. Here are the top items China imports from the US.
US stocks whipsawed on Friday as consumer sentiment fell and investors weighed the latest trade war development after China hit the US with a retaliatory tariff hike, but signaled it won't hike duties any further.
Economists say the U.S. manufacturing decline in recent decades was not mainly about free trade, but about the pace of change without time to adjust.