The Latest: Trade dispute escalates between US and China
Posted May 07, 2019 7:00 am
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Latest on the U.S.-China trade talks (all times local):
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5:15 p.m.
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer says the higher tariffs on China that President Donald Trump threatened over the weekend will take effect at 12:01 a.m. Eastern time Friday.
Lighthizer adds that trade negotiations with the Chinese will resume on Thursday in Washington.
In a briefing with reporters, Lighthizer accused Beijing of "reneging on prior commitments" after 10 rounds of high-stakes negotiations over China's aggressive drive to supplant American technological dominance.
People walk by a globe structure showing the United States of America on display outside a bank in Beijing, Monday, May 6, 2019. U.S. President Donald Trump raised pressure on China on Sunday, threatening to hike tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods in a tweet that sent financial markets swooning. Trump's comments, delivered on Twitter, came as a Chinese delegation was scheduled to resume talks in Washington on Wednesday aimed at resolving a trade war that has shaken investors and cast gloom over the world economy. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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FILE- In this July, 5, 2018, file photo, two jockey truck drivers pass each other in the container yard where rubber tire gantry load and unload 40-foot shipping container at the Port of Savannah in Savannah, Ga. President Donald Trump turned up the pressure on China Sunday, May 5, 2019, threatening to hike tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton, File)
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FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2019, file photo President Donald Trump holds a meeting with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Trump turned up the pressure on China Sunday, May 5, threatening to hike tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
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FILE- In this May 9, 2017, file photo packages labeled "Made in China" are loaded on a UPS truck for delivery in New York. President Donald Trump turned up the pressure on China Sunday, May 5, 2019, threatening to hike tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
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FILE - In this July, 5, 2018 photo, a bay of 40-foot shipping container fill the stern of a container ship at the Port of Savannah in Savannah, Ga. President Donald Trump turned up the pressure on China Sunday, May 5, 2019, threatening to hike tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton, File)
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FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2019, file photo President Donald Trump, left, meets with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, far right, at the White House in Washington. Trump turned up the pressure on China Sunday, May 5, threatening to hike tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
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FILE - In this July, 5, 2018, file photo, a jockey truck passes a stack of 40-foot China Shipping containers at the Port of Savannah in Savannah, Ga. President Donald Trump turned up the pressure on China Sunday, May 5, 2019, threatening to hike tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton, File)
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FILE - In this June, 19, 2018 photo, a jockey truck driver waits for his load of a shipping container to clear his trailer as a shore crane lifts the 40-foot onto the container vessel Ever Linking at the Port of Savannah in Savannah, Ga. President Donald Trump turned up the pressure on China Sunday, May 5, 2019, threatening to hike tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton, File)
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FILE - In this July 5, 2018, file photo a gantry moves to the next stack of shipping containers at the Port of Savannah in Savannah, Ga. President Donald Trump turned up the pressure on China Sunday, May 5, 2019, threatening to hike tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton, File)
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A man walks past a U.S. fashion apparel store and advertisements showing iconic American movie characters in Beijing Monday, May 6, 2019. U.S. President Donald Trump raised pressure on China on Sunday, threatening to hike tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods in a tweet that sent financial markets swooning. Trump's comments, delivered on Twitter, came as a Chinese delegation was scheduled to resume talks in Washington on Wednesday aimed at resolving a trade war that has shaken investors and cast gloom over the world economy. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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FILE - In this Wednesday, May 1, 2019, file photo, members of U.S. and China delegation led by Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, stand for a group photo session after their meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing. Chinese envoys are preparing to travel to the United States for trade talks, a government spokesman said Monday, May 6, 2019, suggesting negotiations on ending a bruising tariff war will proceed despite President Donald Trump's threat to raise import taxes. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, Pool, File)
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A woman touches a bull statue on display outside a bank in Beijing, Monday, May 6, 2019. Shares and oil prices have tumbled after President Donald Trump jolted markets with a threat to raise more tariffs on imports from China, spooking investors who had been expecting good news this week on trade. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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Consumers past by a U.S. fashion apparel store in Beijing Monday, May 6, 2019. U.S. President Donald Trump raised pressure on China on Sunday, threatening to hike tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods in a tweet that sent financial markets swooning. Trump's comments, delivered on Twitter, came as a Chinese delegation was scheduled to resume talks in Washington on Wednesday aimed at resolving a trade war that has shaken investors and cast gloom over the world economy. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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