forward in the 21st century, the more information china is able to glean from america it s a zero sum game. the more information they re able to get, america s tech secrets, the weaker position it s going to put us in. that s where a lot of the debate is headed. take a listen to what president trump said about tariffs. well, they d like to have a rollback. i haven t agreed to anything. china would like to get somewhat of a rollback. not a complete rollback because they know i won t do it. but we re getting along very well with china. they want to make a deal. frankly, they want to make a deal a lot more than i do. leland: the president keeps saying okay, the economy s on a tear, we re going to work things out with china and the economy is going to be on more of a tear. you spent the past week in the bottom of the capital watching the impeachment hearings. is there any argument coming from republicans who say wait a second here, the president may or may not have done things we don t
the president escalating trade tension with china. the white house is threatening tariffs on $200 billion in chinese goods. that is on top of the $50 billion it announced last week. that was punishment for china stealing u.s. trade and tech secrets. $50 billion and beijing with the tariffs on exports. the president says if you retaliate, we will give you 200 more. wow. writing further action must be taken to change its unfair practices. china once again promises to strike back. tit-for-tat tariffs sparking a selloff. four month low for asian stocks. dow down 400 points. worry that u.s. and china is inching closer to the trade war. this came hours after the senate offered rebuke to the trade