'Will help in your re-election...': China's stooge warns Trump amid tense US-China ties

A day after US President Donald Trump said that relation with China is 'severely damd', editor of Chinese mouthpiece has attempted to warn President. Claiming that 'decoupling from China' won't help in getting him a second term, he said that US should t take more action against China. 

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This comes after US has taken a number of measure against China. Donald Trump has recently said that his administration is mulling over US-China trade deal amid tensed relations with Beijing. He had been blaming China since outbreak of Coronavirus and has pulled out from World Health Organisation (WHO), citing its bias towards China. US has also anunced visa bans on senior Chinese officials involved in restricting access to foreigners to sensitive region of Tibet and reaffirmed its support for "meaningful automy" for Tibetans. Moreover, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that y are considering a ban on TikTok and warned American citizens from using Chinese-origin applications.

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US- China trade war

trade war began between two ecomies when in 2018 Trump administration imposed tariffs on more than $360bn (£268bn) of Chinese goods, accusing it of 'unfair trade practices.' China retaliated with tariffs on more than $110bn of US products. Washington delivered four rounds of tariffs from 2018-2019.  most recent was a 15% duty on Chinese imports, from meat to musical instruments. Beijing hit back with tariffs ranging from 5% to 25% on US goods.

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Trade war & preliminary deal 

In January this year, US and China had signed a deal to end ir months-long trade war. According to deal, China pledged to boost US imports by $200billion above 2017 levels and strengn intellectual property rules. In exchange, US agreed to halve some of new tariffs it had imposed on Chinese products. While Washington termed it as 'transformative' for US ecomy, Beijing had hoped for a 'win-win' situation.agreed to increase its purchase of US goods by USD 200 billion in 2020-2021.  

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