Trump threatens to impose duties on goods from China for another $ 200 billion

Almaty. June 19. KazTAG - US President Donald Trump instructed to prepare a list of Chinese goods worth $200 billion for possible introduction of additional duties in their respect, Kommersant reports.
"Today I instructed the United States Trade Representative (Robert Lightheiser) to identify Chinese goods worth $ 200 billion for additional duties of 10% ... After the legislative process is completed, these duties will come into force if China refuses to change its actions, and also if they insist on moving forward with the new duties that they recently announced, reads the statement of the White House.  
In turn, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce called threat of the US to introduce new duties as blackmail and warned that it would retaliate in case of implementing a new initiative by D. Trump.

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