US President Donald Trump says tariffs on Chinese imports may remain in place for a 'substantial period of time'
2019-03-21 10:08:07 source：South China Morning Post
March 21, 2019
US tariffs on Chinese imports could remain in place for a “substantial period of time”, even extending beyond the reaching of a trade deal between Washington and Beijing, US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday.
“We’re talking about leaving [the tariffs] for a substantial period of time because we have to make sure that if we do the deal with China, that China lives by the deal,” Trump told reporters outside the White House.
In a trade war now in its ninth month, the US has imposed duties ranging from 10 to 25 per cent on around US$250 billion of Chinese goods entering the US. In retaliation, Beijing has put tariffs on around US$110 billion of imports from the US.
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