Steven Mnuchin: Trade war with China ‘on hold’

Published May 20, 2018 4:56pm ET



Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Sunday the U.S. trade war with China is being sidelined while the two countries work on the finer points of a plan in which China will buy significantly more American goods and services.

“We’re putting the trade war on hold,” Mnuchin said during an interview with “Fox News Sunday,” referring to President Trump’s threat of imposing $150 billions worth of tariffs on top of duty taxes on Chinese steel and aluminum.

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