WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods may not be enough to force Beijing to make the economic reforms demanded by the United States, but the trade barriers are the only recourse given dialogue has failed, the top U.S. trade official said on Tuesday.
“I don’t know if it will get them to stop cheating, tariffs alone,” U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer told lawmakers at a hearing of the Senate Finance Committee.
“I think you don’t have any other option. I know one thing that won’t work and that is talking to them.”
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods may not be enough to force Beijing to make the economic reforms demanded by the United States, but the trade barriers are the only recourse given dialogue has failed, the top U.S. trade official said on Tuesday.
“I don’t know if it will get them to stop cheating, tariffs alone,” U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer told lawmakers at a hearing of the Senate Finance Committee.
“I think you don’t have any other option. I know one thing that won’t work and that is talking to them.”
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods may not be enough to force Beijing to make the economic reforms demanded by the United States, but the trade barriers are the only recourse given dialogue has failed, the top U.S. trade official said on Tuesday.
“I don’t know if it will get them to stop cheating, tariffs alone,” U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer told lawmakers at a hearing of the Senate Finance Committee.
“I think you don’t have any other option. I know one thing that won’t work and that is talking to them.”