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| Subject: Game over for China as Trump lays down new trade rules Thu May 09, 2019 10:02 pm | |
| Live eels, denim and desk lamps: those are just a few of the 5,745 imports from China now at the center of the U.S.-China trade war. On Friday, the U.S. will increase tariffs on $200 billion in goods from 10 percent to 25 percent, unless the U.S. and China agree on a comprehensive trade deal. Just last week, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin thought they had a deal almost ready. Mnuchin told Fox Business the deal was “close to done.” Then China dug back into the 150-page document and started making changes. Out went agreements by China to clean up their act on intellectual property theft, financial services, currency manipulation, and more.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/rebecca-grant-game-over-china |
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