[Washington, 14th Reuters]-US Treasury Secretary Mnushin is likely to be imposed on China's additional tariffs scheduled to be launched on December 15th if China has not reached a trade agreement by that time. He said that he hopes for a consensus.
In an interview with CNBC, in response to a question on additional tariffs on China scheduled to be launched on December 15, “If there is no agreement, those tariffs will be implemented, but we expect to reach an agreement” And responded.
US President Trump announced on the 11th that the US and China have reached a "stage 1" trade agreement. However, although he did not expect the agreement to return to the blank in the next few weeks, he said it was possible. US representative from Lightheiser US Trade Representative (USTR) said no decision has been made on tariffs on China, which will be launched in December. [nL3N26W3UX]
Secretary pointed out that in the coming weeks, trade negotiations in themselves and write Heiser representative and Chinese Ryutsuru Deputy Prime Minister and of the telephone conversation and playing cards president and China Xi Jinping talks such as the various levels of the Jintao is carried out .
In addition, executives from the US professional basketball NBA Houston Rockets posted a tweet to support a Hong Kong demonstration, saying that both sides would like to see solutions to China's rebounding problem.
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