US President Donald Trump continues to ratchet up pressure on Beijing even as the two governments conduct high-level negotiations to avert a trade war. Photo: Bloomberg
Donald Trump to hit US$50 billion of Chinese imports with 25 per cent tariffs and restrict investment in US hi-tech industries
The move, which aims to halt the transfer of ‘industrially significant’ technologies to China, drew a rebuke from Beijing over the ‘contradiction’ of the consensus reached in Washington
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US-China trade war
US President Donald Trump continues to ratchet up pressure on Beijing even as the two governments conduct high-level negotiations to avert a trade war. Photo: Bloomberg