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US PRESIDENT DONALD Trump has said he believes it is up to China, not the United States, to come to the negotiating table on trade. Since the start of the year, Trump has imposed steep duties on imports from China, alongside a 10% “baseline” tariff on many US trading partners. His administration recently widened exemptions from these tariffs, excluding certain tech products like smartphones and laptops from the global 10% tariff and latest 125% levy on China “The ball is in China’s court. China needs to make a deal with us. We don’t have to make a deal with them,”...