The Trump administration’s willingness to strike a trade deal with mainland China is being seen by some observers as increasingly tied to how doing so may affect the president’s chances of winning the 2020 presidential election. An agreement that secures suitably strong terms for the United States could aid Trump’s re-election bid, but if that…
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【US-China Trade War】Additional Tariffs on Mainland China List 4 Goods on Hold; List 3 Exclusion Requests Being Accepted
President Trump announced on 29 June following a meeting with mainland Chinese President Xi Jinping that the United States will suspend plans to impose additional tariffs of up to 25 percent on so-called List 4 goods from mainland China, which have a current import value of approximately US$300 billion. Trump also vowed to relax the…