Trump ratchets up trade war with new China tariffs
by Eli Stokols, Los Angeles Times
Aug 01, 2019
4 minutes
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump abruptly escalated his trade war with China, announcing that he would impose a 10% tariff on a further $300 billion in Chinese imports in a move set to hit American consumers more directly than any other in his trade wars so far.
The new import taxes, which Trump later said go could "well beyond" 25%, will be imposed beginning Sept. 1 on a long list of goods expected to include smartphones, laptop computers and children's clothing. They will come on top of the 25% duty in place already on some $250 billion in Chinese goods and mean that almost
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