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Senate Finance members in the dark about Trump’s China plans

December 11, 2018 at 3:42 PM
While some members of the Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday expressed qualified support for the administration's approach to China, several said they had not been briefed on U.S. plans for crucial talks over the next 90 days. Following a Dec. 1 dinner meeting between President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, the U.S. agreed to hold tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese goods at 10 percent, delaying a planned increase to 25 percent. China offered to purchase “a not yet...


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