In a series of tweets on Thursday, Trump announced another round of tariffs on the roughly $300 billion of Chinese goods that had not already been targeted by American levies. The charge will take effect from September 1.
The move breaks a truce in the long-running trade war between Washington and Beijing, with investors fearful it could further disrupt global supply chains.
Walter Williams, Professor of Economics at George Mason University and syndicated columnist, tries to make sense of Trump’s trade war with China with Dan & Amy: