Lighthizer says China backed away from trade commitments

Lighthizer says China backed away from trade commitments

The U.S. Trade Representative says China has been backing away

from commitments already made in their trade negotiations with the U.S.  Robert Lighthizer told Washington reporters

that is the reason President Trump is proposing an additional 200-billion in

tariffs on Chinese

goods starting Friday.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin also says after getting

reassurances from the Chinese last week, talks went “substantially backwards”

over the weekend.

A

Chinese delegation is still planning to travel to the U.S.

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