Trump Says March 1 Deadline for China Trade Talks Not ‘Magical’ Date

Trump Says March 1 Deadline for China Trade Talks Not ‘Magical’ Date
Containers are seen at the Yangshan Deep Water Port in Shanghai, China on April 24, 2018. Aly Song/Reuters
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WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump said on Feb. 19 that trade talks with China were going well and suggested he was open to pushing off the deadline to complete negotiations, saying March 1 was not a “magical” date.

Tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese imports are scheduled to rise to 25 percent from 10 percent by March 1 if the world’s two largest economies do not settle their trade dispute, but Trump has suggested several times that he would be open to postponing the deadline.