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Rising US-China trade tensions play into hand of trade hawks

Wed, Sep 12, 2018 - 5:50 AM

THE escalating trade dispute between the US and China continues to simmer, with President Donald Trump threatening last Friday a fourth round of tariffs on US$267 billion worth of Chinese imports.

That would come on top of two rounds of 25 per cent tariffs on US$50 billion on Chinese

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