Tariffs Give US 'Leverage' in Talks With China, Top Trade Official Says | dispatchist.com

Progress with China’s unfair trade practices has been elusive, which makes tariffs an important tool, US Trade Representative Katherine Tai tells lawmakers homebuilders issued a statement urging the administration to remove tariffs on Canadian lumber to ease the pressure on homebuyers.citizens relief from high inflation by removing costly tariffs, it should ensure that Canadian lumber is among the tariffs it targets for elimination,” Jerry Konter, chairman of the National Association of Home Builders, said in a statement.tariffs on Chinese goods offer a key element of leverage over Beijing, something Washington should be reluctant to relinquish, the top American trade official…