President Donald Trump escalated America’s trade war with China on Tuesday, with an additional $200 billion of tariffs on Chinese made goods.
The new list—targeted at China’s key manufacturing export industries—contains over 6,000 products, including fruits, vegetables, live eels, feathers and beaver heads as well as hi-tech minerals that the U.S. needs.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, visiting Trump at Mar-A-Lago this week, is expected to encourage the U.S. to reconsider joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership, while Trump is instead pushing a bilateral trade agreement with Japan. The talks are also expected to be dominated by North Korea, but there should be some comment on trade at the […]