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White House plans new tariffs on $300 billion of Chinese goods

By Sean Higgins
Published May 11, 2019 2:24am ET
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White House plans new tariffs on $300 billion of Chinese goods
Containers are loaded onto a cargo ship in east China's Shandong province. A U.S. trade dispute with China and other protectionist policies risk damaging America's economic growth, the International Monetary Fund warned. | Associated Press

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said Friday that the U.S. formally began placing an additional $300 billion worth of Chinese goods under 25% tariffs.

That is less than the $325 billion that President Trump had previously announced.

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