Trump threatens big tariff hike on China over rare earths

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U.S. and Chinese officials have been working to arrange a summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping in the coming months, which will likely take place in Beijing, experts said.

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President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to slap a “massive increase of Tariffs” on Chinese products imported into the United States because of export controls that China wants to impose on rare earths from that country.

Trump also threatened in a social media post to cancel his upcoming meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping because of the dispute.

Stock markets dropped on Trump’s bellicose Truth Social post about China.

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