NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Dan DiMicco, a former senior trade adviser to Donald Trump in 2016, about the president's trade policies, including his use of tariffs.
Trade talks between the U.S. and China ended Friday with no agreement. But both sides said the negotiations were constructive. The U.S. imposed higher tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese imports.
Trade talks between the U.S. and China ended hours after the U.S. raised tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods. Both sides said the Friday negotiations were brief but productive.
NPR's Ari Shapiro is joined by E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post and the Brookings Institution, and Bethany Mandel of Ricochet and The Forward, about Chinese tariffs.
Georgetown University's Dennis Wilder talks to NPR's Ailsa Chang about Chinese President Xi Jinping's stake in trade negotiations, as he resists Trump's demands and seeks to lift U.S. tariffs.