President Donald Trump on July 15 pointed to China’s flagging economic growth amid resumed trade talks between the two countries, saying that Beijing “wants to makes a deal” due to the negative effects of U.S. tariffs.
Data released on July 15 showed that GDP growth in the world’s second-largest economy had slowed to 6.2 percent in the second quarter, the weakest pace in at least 27 years, as the country feels the mounting effects of the ongoing trade war with the United States.
