Trump will raise China tariffs if he wins White House: ex-USTR

Robert Lighthizer says former president 'deadly serious' about campaign pledges

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China "views us very much as their adversary," former U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer says. (Photo by Nikkei)

RINTARO TOBITA, Nikkei staff writer

WASHINGTON -- If former President Donald Trump returns to the White House, he will push ahead with higher tariffs on goods from China, said a former Trump administration official who argues that free trade has failed as a policy.

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