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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Oliver O'Connell and Rachel Clun

Trump tariffs: President vents at China over Boeing as Beijing denies claims of trade deal talks

In a particularly active morning on Truth Social, President Donald Trump said on Thursday that Boeing “should default China” for not taking planes that it had committed to purchase.

The president has alternated between taking a hard line on tariffs targeting Chinese imports, causing markets to plummet, and then having to soothe Wall Street by claiming the U.S. and China are negotiating and progress is being made.

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