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Trump Says He’s ‘Ready To Go’ With $500 Billion in Tariffs on All China Imports

President says he doesn’t like U.S. being taken advantage of
U.S. has imposed duties on $34 billion of Chinese goods so far

Bloomberg business news — Trump Says He's Ready to Impose Complete China Tariffs

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July 20, 2018, 10:44 AM UTCUpdated onJuly 20, 2018, 11:24 AM UTC

President Donald Trump said he’s "ready to go" with tariffs on $500 billion of Chinese imports, saying the U.S. has been taken advantage of for too long.

"I’m not doing this for politics. I’m doing this to do the right thing for our country," Trump said in a CNBC interview aired Friday. "We are being taken advantage of and I don’t like it."