Facing pressure on rising prices, America mulls cutting Trump-era China import tariffs
US Treasury chief Janet Yellen is believed to want quick duty cuts so as to relieve inflationary pressures on hard-pressed families. Photograph: Alex Kraus/Bloomberg
Christopher Condon
One of the US Treasury’s top officials highlighted the importance of US tariffs on Chinese goods as a tool to aid American jobs and competitiveness, amid a debate over scaling them back in an effort to quell inflation.
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