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Trump has named key advisers and cabinet members
US President Donald Trump on Monday announced that he is nominating Republican Elise Stefanik to be the US’ ambassador to the United Nations. Stefanik, who heads the US House Republican Conference, will succeed Michael Froman who was nominated to serve as the US’ envoy to China. Trump had earlier appointed Stefanik to the US House…
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The US is going to raise tariffs on Chinese products
The US tariffs on Chinese goods are meant to “give our industries a break, a respite to be able to breathe” until China changes its practices, US Trade Representative Katherine Tai said. “One of the challenges is once tariffs have been imposed, it’s quite difficult politically to reduce them…because affected industry tends to get used…