COLLATERAL DAMAGE: US CONSUMERS MAY SEE HIGHER PRICES
Sep 07, 2019
4 minutes
Image: Mike Theiler
The United States and China put in place their latest tariff increases on each other’s goods, potentially raising prices Americans pay for some clothes, shoes, sporting goods and other consumer items before the holiday shopping season.
President Donald Trump said U.S.-China trade talks were still on for September. “We’ll see what happens,” he told reporters as he returned to the White House from the Camp David presidential retreat. “But we can’t allow China to rip us off anymore as a country.” he 15% U.S. taxes apply to about $112 billion of Chinese imports. All told, more than two-thirds of the consumer
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