The Trump administration is discussing a 10% punitive duty on Chinese imports. Trump said the EU also has troubling trade surpluses with the United States.

Soybeans fell in Chicago after US President Donald Trump said he’s considering tariffs on China, stoking fresh worries of a trade war between the world’s biggest economies. Wheat and corn also declined.

It follows threats by Trump to levy import taxes of 25% on Mexico and Canada, accusing them of allowing undocumented migrants and drugs into the US.

Investments from the National Social Security Fund, mutual funds and other sources will be increased to boost the stock market, regulators say.

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The president postponed what appeared to be a looming clash on trade and expressed a willingness to talk business, but he remains critical of Beijing.

For President Xi Jinping, the stage was set for an explosive start to Donald Trump’s presidency, after he campaigned on a promise to punish China with tariffs. Instead, the American leader’s first day back in office bought Beijing some unexpected breathing room.

The possibility of new tariffs on China, and even the cancellation of its preferential trade status with the US, will come under the microscope of President Donald Trump's two-day-old "America First Trade Policy",