U.S. President Donald Trump said his proposed 100% tariff on goods from China would not be sustainable, but blamed Beijing for the latest impasse in trade talks that began with Chinese authorities tightening control over rare-earth exports.
Asked whether such a high tariff was sustainable and what that might do to the U.S. economy, Trump replied, "It's not sustainable, but that's what the number is."
"They forced me to do that," he said in an interview with Fox Business Network that was broadcast on Friday.
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