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Trump Administration Identifies Chinese Tariff Targets

The Trump administration has published a list of Chinese exports it plans to hit with steep tariffs, in response to allegedly unfair treatment of U.S. technological know-how.
President Trump holds up a signed presidential memorandum aimed at what he calls Chinese economic aggression in the Roosevelt Room at the White House on March 22, 2018.

Updated at 2 a.m. ET on Wednesday

The Trump administration published a list Tuesday of Chinese exports that could soon be subject to a steep 25 percent tariff.

The list covers some $50 billion worth of Chinese goods in sectors such as aerospace, robotics, IT and machinery.

President Trump to develop the list last month, as a way to punish China for what the White House

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