President Trump arrives in France for G-7 summit fixated on a trade war with China and eyeing another with Europe.
As Trump left the White House late Friday night, he told reporters that he has the authority to stop U.S. companies from doing business in China amid an escalating tariffs tit-for-tat between the two countries.Trump also said his trade war with China “is more important than anything else right now just about that we're working on.”As the president spars with China, a move that threatens to drag down the U.S.
economy, he arrives at the Group of Seven Summit angling to start another tradeTrump plans to turn up the volume on his accusations of unfair trade practices by America’s closest allies, a favored campaign talking point, according to senior administration officials.At a campaign rally in New Hampshire last week, he called out German Chancellor Angela Merkel and accused European countries of “killing us on trade.
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