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The Possible Fallouts From The U.S. And China’s Trade War

Just last June, there was a ray of hope at the G-20 meeting in Osaka, Japan with the announcement by the leaders of China and the United States that their trade war was thawing out. According to the U.S. President Donald Trump, the two countries had set negotiations “back on track.”  This led to the U.S jettisoning any idea of new tariffs on Chinese goods and also suspending the embargo placed on U.S. companies from trading with Huawei, the Chinese IT giant that the U.S has blacklisted. Nations across the globe heaved a sigh of relief, markets picked up, and the media was abuzz with “cease-fire” reports. But alas, it turned out to be a “false flag,” just like many diplomatic on and off between Beijing and Washington. The outcome of the “jigsaw puzzle” was to have the Trump administration increased tariffs on another $125 billion worth of Chinese imports in September.  It’s a war and there is no going back, China retaliated by announcing further tariffs on $75 billion worth of U.S. goods. Nobody knows how the U.S. will respond to this but there are feelers that further tariffs will be issued in December, in an attempt to possibly…

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