President Trump said that he is prepared to place tariffs on every Chinese good imported to the U.S. to make trade between the U.S. and China more fair.

“I’m ready to go to 500,” Trump told CNBC, referring to the possibility of tariffs on $500 billion worth of Chinese imports. “I’m not doing this for politics, I’m doing this to do the right thing for our country.”

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