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Could mounting trade tensions harm U.S. services to China?

President Donald Trump is threatening to impose tariffs on a further $200 billion worth of Chinese products, up from the $50 billion already in the works. That’s a big escalation. If he follows through, nearly half of all imported goods from China could be subject to a tariff. But there’s another side of trade we […]

President Donald Trump is threatening to impose tariffs on a further $200 billion worth of Chinese products, up from the $50 billion already in the works. That’s a big escalation. If he follows through, nearly half of all imported goods from China could be subject to a tariff. But there’s another side of trade we haven’t been talking about as much lately: The roughly $56 billion worth of services the United States sells annually to China. 

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