With the clock ticking for additional United States tariffs to be placed on goods from China, President Donald Trump has said he is waiting for a call from Beijing to defuse a growing trade war. Trump has threatened to impose additional 50-percent tariffs on Chinese goods if China does not revoke the retaliatory levies it imposed on US products. If implemented, the new US levies would be as high as 104 percent on some Chinese goods. The Trump administration has argued that the tariffs will ultimately force companies to manufacture their products in the US, reviving industries and creating jobs.

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