CHINA/SUMMIT/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump appears to be shutting the door on a temporary ceasefire in an ongoing tit-for-tat trade war with China just days ahead of an upcoming summit in Argentina. The President told the Wall Street Journal in an interview published Monday that it was ‘highly unlikely’ he would accept an offer by Chinese leader Xi Jinping aimed at averting Trump’s plan to raise tariffs on more than $200 billion of Chinese goods to 25% in January. He also warned once again he was poised to slap a third round of tariffs on Chinese goods if the two leaders fail to broker an end to the trade rift when they meet later this week in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on the sidelines of the G20 summit…Trump said in the interview that could include tariffs on Apple products imported from China, including iPhones and laptops. Apple’s stock fell 1.5% in after-hours trading, erasing earlier gains from the day.”
–Donna Borak, “Trump dims hopes of China trade deal with fresh tariff threat on Apple phones,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, November 26, 2018 8:55 pm