Trade tensions between the U.S. and China continue to worsen. The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) recently began the process of placing additional 25 percent tariffs on $300 billion worth of goods that Americans buy from China, bringing the total value of goods from China to be taxed to roughly $550 billion.
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many of the companies have been implicated against china s muslim minority groups, joe biden s son hunter has a stake in one of the newly named companies. also tonight the wall street journal reporting reason for optimism as trade talks get started, beijing has been buying up american soybeans again, largest purchases in a year. soybean seals are often seen as a barometer of the health of the us china trading relationship. soaring the numbers in the federal budget office, the cbo projected deficit for fiscal 2019 to hit $984 billion, up 26% from last year. expert say the main drivers are the atlantic spending programs, medicare, medicaid and social security. protesters mark one year since brett kavanaugh s confirmation by demanding his impeachment. what is really going on? co-author of justice on file about the confirmation battle joins us live next.
administration than the united states has had in the past. do not under estimate us. and do not try us. all right, let s go live to beijing and bring in matt rivers. matt, good morning to you. the president in beijing, what do we expect to hear from him there? well, this particular stop on this asia tour for the president will be focused on two things. it will be focused on north korea and it will be focused on the u.s./china trading relationship. north korea by and large, absolutely the number one topic of discussion here. the trump administration has long wanted china to do more, use economic leverage to get pyongyang to stop developing weapons. they have not gone as far as the trump administration has wanted them to. so that s the delicate dance