US Would be Happy to Leave China Tariffs in Place, Trump Says

US Would be Happy to Leave China Tariffs in Place, Trump Says
President Donald Trump during a ceremony celebrating West Point's football team in the Rose Garden of the White House, on May 6, 2019. Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images
Cathy He
Cathy He
EDITOR
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Ahead of upcoming trade talks with China, U.S. President Donald Trump said on May 8 that he would be happy to leave import tariffs on China in place.

He also said any hope by the Chinese regime to renegotiate a future trade deal with a Democratic presidential administration would go unfulfilled.

Cathy He
Cathy He
EDITOR
Cathy He is the politics editor at the Washington D.C. bureau. She was previously an editor for U.S.-China and a reporter covering U.S.-China relations.
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