Trump Escalates China Trade War With A New $200 Billion Tariff Threat, Beijing Calls it “Blackmail”

As promised, President Trump has directed the United States Trade Representative to consider more tariffs on Chinese imports in response to the country’s retaliation against Trump’s first set of tariff measures. These tariffs, if they take shape, would come in addition to the $50 billion in tariffs the president confirmed on Friday, and would be…