China Hits a Wall as US Retaliates With New Tariffs
Beijing underestimates strong resolve of Trump, says top White House trade adviser
U.S. President Donald Trump, flanked by Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, White House Homeland Security Advisor Tom Bossert, Assistant to the President Peter Navarro and Deputy Assistant to the President for International Economic Affairs Everett Eissenstat, delivers remarks before signing a memorandum on intellectual property tariffs on high-tech goods from China, at the White House in Washington, D.C., on March 22, 2018. Jonathan Ernst/Reuters
President Donald Trump is striking back at Beijing by asking his administration to identify $200 billion worth of Chinese goods for additional 10-percent tariffs.
“We have no choice. This should have been done many years ago,” Trump said at the National Federation of Independent Business’ 75th-anniversary celebration on June 19.
Emel Akan
Reporter
Emel Akan is a senior White House correspondent for The Epoch Times, where she covers the policies of the Trump administration. Previously, she reported on the Biden administration and the first term of President Trump. Before her journalism career, she worked in investment banking at JPMorgan. She holds an MBA from Georgetown University.
