In this November 9, 2017, file photo, US President Donald Trump, right, chats with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Photo: AP In this November 9, 2017, file photo, US President Donald Trump, right, chats with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Photo: AP
In this November 9, 2017, file photo, US President Donald Trump, right, chats with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Photo: AP
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US poised to extend tariffs to all Chinese imports if Trump-Xi meeting fails, hitting another US$260 billion in products

  • The tariffs would be announced in December and go into effect around the Lunar New Year in February, sources say
  • Donald Trump and Xi Jinping are set to meet on the sidelines of a Group of 20 summit in Buenos Aires in November

Topic |   US-China trade war
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Updated: 8:53am, 30 Oct, 2018

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In this November 9, 2017, file photo, US President Donald Trump, right, chats with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Photo: AP In this November 9, 2017, file photo, US President Donald Trump, right, chats with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Photo: AP
In this November 9, 2017, file photo, US President Donald Trump, right, chats with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Photo: AP
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