{"id":7466,"date":"2019-02-13T03:02:58","date_gmt":"2019-02-13T03:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/trade-war-trump-could-extend-deadline-for-deal-with-china\/"},"modified":"2019-02-13T03:02:58","modified_gmt":"2019-02-13T03:02:58","slug":"trade-war-trump-could-extend-deadline-for-deal-with-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/trade-war-trump-could-extend-deadline-for-deal-with-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Trade war: Trump &#8216;could extend&#8217; deadline for deal with China"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div property=\"articleBody\">\n<figure class=\"media-landscape no-caption full-width lead\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-image-replace\" alt=\"This photo taken on August 2, 2018 shows workers at a swimwear factory in Yinglin town in Jinjiang, in China's eastern Fujian Province\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/FAFC\/production\/_105625246_gettyimages-1010042498-1.jpg\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\"\/><span class=\"off-screen\">Image copyright<\/span><br \/>\n                 <span class=\"story-image-copyright\">Getty Images<\/span><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">US President Donald Trump has said he could extend the 1 March deadline to reach a trade deal with China if they are making good progress.<\/p>\n<p>Chinese and US officials will hold high-level talks this week aimed at halting their damaging trade war. <\/p>\n<p>US officials previously said 1 March was a hard deadline for achieving a deal to avert further tariffs.<\/p>\n<p>Both countries have imposed duties on billions of dollars worth of one another&#8217;s goods. <\/p>\n<p>Deputy-level talks began this week in Beijing. High-level discussions, led by US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, are due to begin on Thursday as both sides rush to make progress before the 1 March deadline. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If we&#8217;re close to a deal where we think we can make a real deal and it&#8217;s going to get done, I could see myself letting that slide for a little while,&#8221; Mr Trump said referring to the March 1 deadline. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But generally speaking, I&#8217;m not inclined to do that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The US has imposed tariffs on $250bn (\u00a3193bn) worth of Chinese goods, and China has retaliated by imposing duties on $110bn of US products.<\/p>\n<p>In December, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-latin-america-46413196\" class=\"story-body__link\"> both countries agreed to halt new tariffs<\/a> for 90 days to allow for talks. <\/p>\n<p>The US has said it will increase tariff rates on $200bn worth of Chinese imports from 10% to 25% if the two sides don&#8217;t strike a deal by 1 March. <\/p>\n<p>Mr Trump has also threatened further tariffs on an additional $267bn worth of Chinese products.<\/p>\n<p>Washington is pressing Beijing to make changes to its economic policies, which it says unfairly favour domestic companies through subsidies and other support.<\/p>\n<p>It has also accused the government of supporting technology theft as part of its broader development strategy, while in China there is a sense that the US is using the trade war to contain the country&#8217;s rise.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/business-47221352\">Source<\/a> by <a href=\"\">[author_name]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image copyright Getty Images US President Donald Trump has said he could extend the 1 March deadline to reach a trade deal with China if they are making good progress. Chinese and US officials will hold high-level talks this week aimed at halting their damaging trade war. 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