US-China trade war

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US stocks had their worst day in months, as worries about the repercussions of the trade spat with China weighed on equity markets around the globe.  

The Dow finished 617 points, or 2.4%, lower. The S&P 500 closed down 2.4% and the Nasdaq closed 3.4% lower.

It was the worst one-day percentage drop for the Dow and the S&P since Jan. 3. It was the worst day for Nasdaq since December.

President Trump, addressing new tariffs China has imposed on some US goods, said the US will allocate funds to help farmers, who he alleged China is retaliating against.

“And out of the billions of dollars that we’re taking in, a small portion of that will be going to our farmers, because China will be retaliating, probably to a certain extent, against our farmers,” he said.

Trump continued: “We’re going to take the highest year — the biggest purchase that China has made with our farmers, which is about $15 billion — and do something reciprocal to our farmers, so our farmers can do well, they’ll be planting, they’ll be able to sell for less”

President Trump told reporters today he will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping at a G20 summit in Japan next month. 

Trump, speaking during a meeting with the Hungary’s prime minister, said a deal with China was “95%” done when Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer were informed in China the deal was off. 

He said that’s when he ordered an increase on Chinese goods being imported into the US. 

On war with Iran, “we’ll see what happens,” Trump said. 

Stephanie Nadeau’s lobster company has taken a hit due to the recent tariffs and trade war between the US and China.

Nadeau told CNN exports fell 60% over the last year during the peak winter season.

Nadeau said she’s consider moving her Maine-based company to Canada and start selling lobsters there, even though she doesn’t want to. She said that while she’s angry by the administration’s actions, she also just trying to survive.

“It’s kind of like stages of death. Right? Initially I was really, really angry. And now you’re just trying to survive and keep your head above water. I mean, never in my lifetime did I expect that the President of the United States would pick winners and losers in a capitalist economy. That’s what he’s done. He picked me as one of the losers,” Nadeau said.

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President Trump also introduced tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese goods last December.

The hike triggered a brief slowdown in the Chinese economy, prompting fears of a global economic downturn. But the renewed talks between the world’s two largest economies had steadied markets in recent months.

But Trump raised tariffs again: The US hiked tariffs on Friday on $200 billion worth of Chinese exports. China struck back today and said it will increase tariffs on roughly $60 billion worth of US goods on June 1.

The latest actions are poised to make things worse. Experts have said that tariff hikes could hit growth in both economies, and that Beijing may be forced to step in with new stimulus measures.

US stock market losses have accelerated with the Dow falling as much as 707 points.

The Dow fell by as much as 619 points as US stock market losses accelerated.

China has announced it will be raising tariffs on roughly $60 billion worth of U.S. goods beginning midnight (Beijing time) June 1, according to China’s State Council Customs Tariff Commission.

China’s newly increased tariffs largely affect the same goods on which initial tariffs were imposed last fall, and have not been extended to any new set of goods.

The new tariff rate hike is based on four categories of US goods valued at approximately $60 billion. China has levied tariffs on a total of $110 billion worth of US products since the trade war began.

Tariffs on the $60 billion worth of US products went into effect on September 24 last year. Roughly 5,000 items were affected, and they were split into four categories.

On Monday, China announced that:

This is a retaliation: On Friday, the U.S. hiked tariffs from 10% to 25% on $200 billion worth of Chinese exports after trade talks held in Washington failed to produce a breakthrough

US stock market losses have accelerated: The Dow fell by as much as 526 points. 

The Dow plunged Monday after China said it will raise tariffs in retaliation to last week’s tariff increase by the United States.

China hiked tariffs on $60 billion of imports from the United States. It first imposed the tariffs last year.

US stocks opened sharply lower:

In a series of tweets this morning Trump took aim at China, writing that the country wants “to make a deal so badly” because the trade war is causing it to lose business to “Vietnam and other such countries in Asia.” 

The tweets came just before China announced it will be raising tariffs on $60 billion worth of US goods beginning on June 1. 

Reminder: Trump’s top economic adviser spent the weekend trying to defuse the trade war and demonstrate that trade negotiations between the two countries were proceeding.

Here’s a look at Trump’s tweets:

Dow futures are sharply lower on Monday after China said it will raise tariffs in retaliation to last week’s tariff increase by the United States.

New this morning: China hiked tariffs on $60 billion of imports from the United States. It first imposed the tariffs last year.

Worries over the escalation of the trade spat with China just aren’t going away.

President Trump on Friday made thousands of items coming in from China more expensive.

Most of the imports hit by the new 25% tariff rate are industrial or intermediate goods that are used as component parts in products manufactured in the United States.

But about a quarter of the items on the list are consumer goods, including luggage…

The Trump administration has so far strategically shielded most consumer electronics, like iPhones, and other everyday goods from the tariffs so the tariffs might be less painful to American shoppers — though that may change if Trump can’t strike a deal with Beijing.

China has announced it will be raising tariffs on $60 billion worth of US goods from midnight (Beijing time) June 1, according to China’s State Council Customs Tariff Commission.

 On Friday, the US hiked tariffs from 10% to 25% on $200 billion worth of Chinese exports after trade talks held in Washington failed to produce a breakthrough.