As US and China begin trade talks in Geneva, Trump's tariff hammer looks less mighty than he claims
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The way President Donald Trump sees it, beating China in a trade war should be easy. After all, the Chinese sell Americans three times as much stuff as Americans sell them.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/43724682

President Donald Trump on Friday floated cutting tariffs on China from 145% to 80% ahead of a weekend meeting among top U.S. and Chinese trade officials as he looks to deescalate the trade war.

  • theprogressivist @lemmy.world
    15·
    14 days ago

    By Sunday it’ll be back to 200% and by Monday back down to 80%. And everyone in his circle will clap and start crying and say this was the most art of the deal we’ve ever seen.