President Donald Trump's administration vowed to increase tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods over the weekend, marking a huge upheaval in the two countries' yearlong trade war.
US officials said on Monday the move was prompted by China's "retreating from specific commitments that had already been made."
According to a new Reuters report, China had deleted swathes of text from a tentative trade agreement that promised to change laws to resolve US trade complaints.
The tariff increase is scheduled to go into effect on Friday, May 10.
Submitted May 09, 2019 at 06:44AM by NineteenEighty9 http://bit.ly/2HdxSFr
