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Trump Claims He Reached Deal With China To Reduce Car Tariffs

12.03.18 | 7:19 am

China has agreed to reduce and remove tariffs on cars coming into China from the U.S. Currently the tariff is 40%.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 3, 2018

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Nicole LaFond is TPM’s deputy editor for news, based in New York. She has also worked as the special projects editor and as a senior newswriter for TPM. She has a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University and previously covered education in central Illinois.

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dr_coyote says:

December 3, 2018

Can we just assume that this is another lie?
lafe19 says:

December 3, 2018

Yes. Or the “agreement” requires that we give China something that Congress will never pass.
steviedee111 says:

December 3, 2018

Various media are reporting this morning, after interviews with assorted Chinese trade representatives and government officials, that Trump doesn’t know WTF he’s talking about and they’re quite in the dark as to several of the deals and claims he making.
gajake says:

December 3, 2018

Reduce? Or Remove? Reduce, then remove? How is this supposed to be read? Can’t someone teach “President” Trump to tweet in plain English?
steviedee111 says:

December 3, 2018

gajake:

Can’t someone teach “President” Trump to tweet in plain English?

No.