We're right where we want to be with China' the message from the US President on Sunday as the trade dispute between the world's two largest economies continued to escalate
The sides failed to agree terms last week in the latest round of negotiations, just as Mr Trump announced a major tariff hike on $200 billion dollars worth of Chinese goods.
The White House has now begun the process of slapping Beijing with an additional set of levies on a further $300 billion dollars of products.
China has threatened unspecified countermeasures in response
Speaking over the weekend on Fox News, Larry Kudlow, a top economic adviser to the White House said negotiations were still alive...
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Kudlow also appeared to contradict Trump's rhetoric over the pain the import taxes were inflicting on the United States... FoxNews host Chris Wallace pressing Kudlow on Trump's public statements that China is picking up the tab for the tariffs...
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The next round of talks are due to take place in Beijing though no date has been announced.