Trump says ‘at least’ $300B in new China tariffs possible

Published June 6, 2019 1:26pm ET



President Trump said Thursday that while trade negotiations remain ongoing with China, his administration was preparing “at least” $300 billion in new tariffs on their goods if the talks fall apart.

“Our talks with China, a lot of interesting things are happening. We’ll see what happens … I could go up another at least $300 billion and I’ll do that at the right time,” Trump told reporters Thursday in Ireland’s Shannon Airport.

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