President Donald Trump has stated that China would “like to have a rollback (of tariffs). I haven’t agreed to anything”, following Chinese statements that existing tariffs would be cut as part of a “phase 1” trade deal. Under current plans that deal is due to be agreed ahead of a planned Dec. 15 “list 4B” tariff rise. The President’s statement casts some doubt over whether such a deal can be completed. That’s the 52nd major event in the U.S.-China trade war – the appendix to this report outlines the events split into eight phases over the past three years since the section 301 review of ...