US Government Contradicts in the Trade Dispute with China

US Government Contradicts in the Trade Dispute with China. Following an approximation in the trade dispute with China, the US government is sending out different signals about how to proceed, posted by CNN News.

Following an approximation in the trade dispute with China, the US government is sending out different signals about how to proceed.

Finance Minister Steven Mnuchin told Fox News that during the ongoing negotiation phase with China, the punitive tariffs for steel and aluminium threatened by Washington are off the table.

The US was holding a trade war with China, Mnuchin said. In contrast, US President Donald Trump’s economic adviser Larry Kudlow told CBS that tariffs were by no means off the table.