After a day of stock market convulsions as China digested news of Donald Trump’s latest trade threat, state media gave the leadership’s response. Picture: Xinhua
‘Do not even think about it’: Beijing refuses to give in to Trump’s latest threat on trade tariffs
- Defiant China says effect of increased tariffs would be ‘manageable and foreseeable’
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US-China trade war
After a day of stock market convulsions as China digested news of Donald Trump’s latest trade threat, state media gave the leadership’s response. Picture: Xinhua
US President Donald Trump threatened to increase tariffs on US$200 billion worth of Chinese goods just as a Chinese delegation was scheduled to resume trade talks in Washington. Photo: AFP
From Huawei charges to new tariff threats from Donald Trump: jolts keep buffeting US-China trade talks
- Mixed messages and the appearance of US disconnect have been the norm during the months of up-and-down negotiations
- ‘When Trump pays attention, it tends to throw a monkey wrench in the works,’ a US analyst says
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US-China trade war
US President Donald Trump threatened to increase tariffs on US$200 billion worth of Chinese goods just as a Chinese delegation was scheduled to resume trade talks in Washington. Photo: AFP