Economics

Kudlow Says Don't Blame Trump as China Warns of Trade Pullback

  • China says all commitments off if president imposes tariffs
  • Commerce Secretary Ross met China’s Liu He in Beijing Sunday
Kudlow Blames China for Trade War
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Blame China and those who are breaking trade rules, not Donald Trump, White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said as China warned that all commitments so far in talks with the U.S. over trade will be withdrawn if the president carries out his threat to impose tariffs.

Kudlow said rule-breaking is going on “all over the place” and Trump is simply responding to decades of trade abuse.