Trump Threatens New China Tariffs
Ratcheting up his attacks on China over the pandemic, President Trump said he is considering levying more punitive tariffs against the country and even suggested that China’s honoring of its commitments under Phase One of the trade deal was secondary to retaliating over the damage to the country caused by the pandemic. Various reports suggested that talks were in a preliminary stage at this point, but nothing would seem to exclude imposing tariffs on List 4B which were exempted by the Phase One agreement. In addition to more tariffs, other measures could include terminating sovereign immunity for China which would ... Log in to view full article.