WASHINGTON ¨C U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday seized on slowing economic growth in China as evidence that U.S. tariffs were having ¡°a major effect¡± and warned that Washington could pile on more pressure as bilateral trade talks sputtered along.
Data released earlier on Monday showed growth in the world¡¯s second-largest economy had slowed to 6.2 percent in the second quarter, its weakest pace in at least 27 years, amid ongoing trade pressure from the United States.
¡°This is why China wants to make a deal with the U.S., and wishes it had not broken the original deal in the first place,¡± Trump tweeted.
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