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April 05 , 2018
  • The New York Times reports: "President Trump said Thursday that he will consider hitting China with an additional $100 billion in tariffs, on top of the $50 billion the White House has already authorized, escalating threats of a trade war with the Chinese that his top advisers had tried to minimize a day earlier. In a statement late Thursday, Mr. Trump said that he was responding to China's "unfair retaliation" against the United States, which this week outlined hundreds of Chinese products, like flat-screen TVs and medical devices, that could be subject to American tariffs. The Chinese, in response, detailed their own list of $50 billion worth of American products, like soybeans and pork, that would be hit with levies."
  • CNBC reports: "China's proposed second round of higher tariffs, announced early Wednesday... would be tough on states that voted for President Donald Trump. While it remains to be seen how far Beijing goes in implementing the threatened tariffs, the economic impact of a trade war with China would be felt unevenly from one state to another. So would the political impact. Among the hardest hit would be farm states such as Iowa, South Dakota and Nebraska that rely heavily on exports of grains like soybeans and corn, along with states like Michigan, Indiana and Ohio that are major producers of cars and auto parts. Those states also turned out for Trump in the 2016 presidential election."
  • Bloomberg reports: "Is the phony trade war over? ...pick apart Beijing's latest list of countervailing duties and you'll see that in many areas there's once again less than meets the eye. To be sure, the list deals a few headline-grabbing blows to select political constituencies... Beneath that, though, many of the details suggest a more moderate approach. The duties on aircraft exclude all planes with an operating empty weight above 45 metric tons, a provision that looks to spare every aircraft that matters to Boeing Co... Seven of the trade categories affected relate to beef, which China resumed importing from the U.S. only last year... New 25 percent duties on wheat and corn won't do much additional damage to a trade that's minimal given the 65 percent import tariffs that China already charges on those crops. "

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