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By Brendan Murray and Alyza Sebenius

August 30, 2019 at 5:48 PM UTC

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August 31, 2019 at 7:28 PM UTC

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President Donald Trump showed no sign that he’s going to back down from new tariffs on more than $110 billion in Chinese imports -- set to take effect within hours -- even as talks are set to continue.