Commentary: Trump's tariffs against China aren't working. And there's no quick resolution in sight
by Charles Ries, Los Angeles Times
Aug 21, 2019
3 minutes
LOS ANGELES - The Trump administration's move to postpone the imposition of new tariffs on Chinese consumer goods until December comes as stiff tariffs the U.S. has already levied against China - on hundreds of billions of dollars of other commodities - don't seem to be working. The go-it-alone approach is imposing a high and growing cost on the American economy and could ultimately threaten global prosperity. No quick resolution is in sight.
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