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Trump Team Demands China Slash US Trade Surplus by $200B, Cut Tariffs
Newsmax ^ | Friday, 04 May 2018 12:12 PM

Posted on 05/05/2018 2:35:31 PM PDT by cba123

The United States has demanded that China cut its U.S. trade surplus by $200 billion, end subsidies for advanced technology industries and sharply cut import tariffs to U.S. levels, two people familiar with U.S.-China trade talks said on Friday.

The lengthy list of demands was presented to Beijing prior to the start of talks Thursday and Friday between top-level Trump administration officials and their Chinese counterparts to try to sort out disputes that have threatened a damaging trade war between the world's two largest economies.

The talks ended with China's Xinhua news agency describing them as "constructive, candid and efficient" but with disagreements that remain "relatively big."

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: america; china; trade
Doubles the demand, now it is 200 billion reduction in the massive trade surplus China runs with America.

Well done Trump.

It is ABOUT DARNED TIME someone stood up for America.

About darned time.

1 posted on 05/05/2018 2:35:32 PM PDT by cba123
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https://www.newsmax.com/Finance/streettalk/trump-china-trade-surplus/2018/05/04/id/858380/


2 posted on 05/05/2018 2:36:11 PM PDT by cba123 ( Toi la nguoi My. Toi bay gio o Viet Nam.)
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And on Monday the market will go into a tail spin despite having hardly recognized or moved the needle in regards to growing corporate earnings.

What a bunch of sheep.


3 posted on 05/05/2018 2:42:53 PM PDT by Sequoyah101 (It feels like we have exchanged our dreams for survival. We just have a few days that don't suck.)
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Why would the stock market go down, if someone is protecting American businesses?

Hmm?


4 posted on 05/05/2018 2:50:38 PM PDT by cba123 ( Toi la nguoi My. Toi bay gio o Viet Nam.)
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I love this!


5 posted on 05/05/2018 2:53:51 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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The globalists rule the stock market. F them.


6 posted on 05/05/2018 2:55:46 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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The globalists ARE the stock market.


7 posted on 05/05/2018 3:11:32 PM PDT by datura
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$200 billion is a good start,


8 posted on 05/05/2018 3:28:24 PM PDT by House Atreides (BOYCOTT the NFL, its products and players 100% - PERMANENTLY)
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