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Trump hits China with more tariffs, says Xi moving too slow on trade

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Trump hits China with more tariffs, says Xi moving too slow on trade Moody’s said the new tariffs would weigh on the global economy at a time when growth is already slowing in the United States, China and the euro zone Current Affairs :- US President Donald Trump said he intends to force a 10 percent duty on $300 billion of Chinese imports from September 1 and could raise taxes further if China’s President Xi Jinping neglects to move all the more rapidly to strike an economic accord. The declaration on Thursday stretches out Trump’s exchange duties to almost the entirety of China’s imports into the United States and denotes a sudden end to a transitory détente in an exchange war that has upset worldwide supply chains and annoyed budgetary markets. “I think President Xi … needs to make an arrangement, however in all honesty, he’s not going quick enough,” Trump said. Trump made the declaration in a progression of Twitter posts after his top exchange moderators advised hi...