After imposing a blanket 10 percent tariff on all Chinese goods in early February, Trump hiked the rate to 20 percent last week.
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After imposing a blanket 10 percent tariff on all Chinese goods in early February, Trump hiked the rate to 20 percent last week.
China's top economic planner Zheng Shanjie acknowledged that "uncertainty in the external environment is further increasing".
Markets fell in Asia and Europe in response to what analysts said were the steepest tariffs on imports since the 1940s.
Trump ha pedido a las empresas que creen más empleos de manufactura en Estados Unidos, y amenaza con imponer gravámenes a quienes no lo hagan.
Asked Wednesday if he would stop China taking control of Taiwan by force, Trump said "I never comment on that".
"President Chaves has been a great leader in that country in regards to recognizing the threat that China poses," said Mauricio Claver-Carone, the US special envoy on Latin America.