Trump 'Has The Attention Of China,' White House Economic Adviser Navarro Says
Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson talks with White House trade adviser and economist Peter Navarro about upcoming China trade talks and the state of the U.S. economy.
President Trump tweeted Tuesday morning that a new round of trade talks with China are underway. It comes three days after he struck an agreement with Chinese President Xi Jinping to postpone additional tariffs on Chinese imports for the next three months while talks continue.
But Trump threatened that if a deal falls through, he’s “a tariff man.”
Here & Now‘s Jeremy Hobson talks with White House trade and economic adviser Peter Navarro about upcoming China trade talks, replacing NAFTA and the state of the U.S. economy.
Interview Highlights
On the ongoing trade war between the U.S. and China, and the agreement struck at the G-20 summit not to raise tariffs on Chinese goods in the next 90 days
“First of all we prefer to call this a trade dispute — the language
