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[Monksdream]

I just sat down at the keyboard. Here we go again with Donald J Trump (600 more days, 600 more days) in all probability soon imposing tariffs on India's exports to the US. Then India's government retaliates with tariffs on US exports to the country.

[janice shell]

Trump says the U.S. will end preferential trade treatment for India under the Generalized System of Preferences on June 5

And the reason would be? Assuming there is one?

[BullNBear52]

When trade wars backfire.

Trump’s escalating trade war gives heat to Putin and Xi’s growing bromance
PUBLISHED 4 HOURS AGO
Fred Kempe
KEY POINTS
It’s time for Western leaders to abandon their wait-and-see attitude toward the evolution of Chinese-Russian relations and work out common strategies now to respond to this deepening relationship.

The Trump administration’s escalated pressures on Beijing and continued sanctions on Russia have helped drive the two sides more closely together than at any point since the 1950s.

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/31/trumps-escalating-trade-war-gives-heat-to-putin-and-xis-growing-bromance.html