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China Has Some Advice for the U.S. on Inflation: Remove Tariffs

  • Lower tariffs will ease imported U.S. inflation: researcher
  • Officials from both countries resumed talks recently
A China Ocean Shipping Group Co. ship waits to enter the Port of Oakland in Oakland, California, U.S.

A China Ocean Shipping Group Co. ship waits to enter the Port of Oakland in Oakland, California, U.S.

Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg

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China is hoping for the U.S. to remove punitive tariffs on its goods, with a commerce ministry researcher arguing it’s in America’s best interest to do so as worries over inflation mount.