White House pushes China to cut surplus by $100 billion
By Reuters
15 March 2018 |
1:09 pm
The White House clarifies a tweet from U.S. President Donald Trump last week that U.S. is pressing Beijing to slash its trade imbalance with the United States by $100 billion, not $1 billion, as fears of a trade war heat up.
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