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President Donald Trump said on Thursday that China has reached out for trade talks. Trump signaled that he is reluctant to impose further tariffs on China because doing so would delay a trade deal. Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, the president said people he regards as direct envoys of Chinese leader Xi Jinping had […]

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Tariffs on Chinese goods worry many Americans, according to a recent survey. Nearly half of the 3,600 adults questioned in the survey said higher duties on imports from China would hurt the nation and their wallets. 44% of Republicans called the levies good for the country, but 80% of Democrats said they would do harm. […]

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Japan’s finance minister Katsunobu Kato warned on Thursday that U.S. President Donald Trump’s new “reciprocal” tariffs could shake trade and financial markets and threaten Japan’s economic recovery. “We’re deeply concerned the recent U.S. tariff measures affect various industries and heighten uncertainty,” Kato told Reuters in Tokyo hours after the talks began. “They could affect Japan’s […]

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