Soon after Donald Trump and Xi Jinping met in Beijing early this month, Washington signalled that it was considering half a dozen enforcement actions to “fundamentally challenge Chinese trade practices”. Photo: AFP
Soon after Donald Trump and Xi Jinping met in Beijing early this month, Washington signalled that it was considering half a dozen enforcement actions to “fundamentally challenge Chinese trade practices”. Photo: AFP
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US could launch a trade war with China within months, former US defence official says

China needs to make significant moves to rein in North Korea ‘in next few weeks’ or face punitive US trade moves in early 2018, Graham Allison predicts

Zhenhua Lu
Zhenhua Lu

Updated: 1:07pm, 23 Mar, 2018

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Soon after Donald Trump and Xi Jinping met in Beijing early this month, Washington signalled that it was considering half a dozen enforcement actions to “fundamentally challenge Chinese trade practices”. Photo: AFP
Soon after Donald Trump and Xi Jinping met in Beijing early this month, Washington signalled that it was considering half a dozen enforcement actions to “fundamentally challenge Chinese trade practices”. Photo: AFP
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