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Trump confirms won't impose new tariffs on China

  • 29 Jun 2019
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Trump speaks during a press conference on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Osaka on Saturday. Brendan Smialowski/ AFP

The United States will not impose any new tariffs on China for now, President Donald Trump said on Saturday after high-stakes talks with his Chinese counterpart on the bruising trade war.

“At least for the time being,” Washington will not impose new tariffs or remove existing ones, Trump said at a press conference after the G20 summit in Japan's Osaka. “We will be continuing to negotiate.”

Agence France-Presse

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