U.S. government debt prices were higher on Monday morning, as investors digested news that the White House will impose higher tariffs on Chinese goods.
Traders are reacting to news overnight thathas decided to raise current tariffs of 10% on $200 billion of Chinese goods to 25% on Friday. In a Twitter post, he also threatened to impose an extra 25% levies on an additional $325 billion of Chinese goods "shortly".
Officials in Beijing are considering whether to back out of trade talks with the U.S. that were scheduled for this week. Both countries had indicated over the last weeks that they had made progress in their trade discussions.
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