Trump Talks China Tariffs and Taiwan
Former U.S. President Donald Trump, who is the leading candidate to be the Republican nominee for this year's election, says he will slap tariffs upwards of 60% on Chinese goods if he's reelected.
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00:00 Former U.S. President Donald Trump says he might impose tariffs of 60 percent or more
00:05 on Chinese imports if he is re-elected.
00:08 Trump made the comments during an interview with Fox News.
00:11 When he was president, he levied 25 percent tariffs on 50 billion U.S. dollars' worth
00:15 of Chinese goods in 2018.
00:17 Trump refused to answer whether he would intervene in the event of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan,
00:22 saying that doing so would jeopardize his ability to negotiate with China.