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Trump ramps up trade war, saying US will keep tariffs on China for a ‘substantial period’

March 21, 2019

Trade war tensions were exacerbated once again after President Donald Trump said that the US would leave more than $250 billion of tariffs with China in place for a “substantial period.”

The president made the comments ahead of the resumption of trade talks in Beijing, led by US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, next week with high hopes of a deal by the end of April.

“We’re not talking about removing them, we’re talking about leaving them for a substantial period of time,” Trump said Wednesday, per CNN. “Because we have to make sure that if we do the deal with China that China lives by the deal because they’ve had a lot of problems living by certain deals.”

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