Trump's head-snapping comments at the G-7 about his escalating trade fight with China are just the latest manifestation of the hazards of the president's go-it-alone mantra
Injecting fresh uncertainty at a time of global economic jitters, President Donald Trump sent mixed messages Sunday on the U.S.-China trade war as leaders at a global summit pushed the unpredictable American president to ease frictions over tariffs and cooperate on other geopolitical challenges.
Asked during a meeting with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson if he had any second thoughts about escalating the trade conflict, Trump told reporters,"Yeah. For sure."Hours later, the White House backpedaled. Press secretary Stephanie Grisham issued a statement saying the press had"greatly misinterpreted" Trump's comments. She said the president only responded"in the affirmative - because he regrets not raising the tariffs higher.
Earlier this month, Trump backed off on a threat to place even tougher tariffs on Chinese imports as aides fretted about their impact on the holiday shopping season and growing fears of a recession in the U.S. Trump said he had"no plans right now" to follow through on his threat of an emergency declaration, but he insisted he would be within his rights to use a 1977 law designed to target rogue regimes, terrorists and drug traffickers as the newest weapon in the clash between the world's two largest economies
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