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Chinese tech stocks slide on report Trump wants to go ahead with tariffs

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US
President Donald Trump, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping
arrive for a meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 Summit in
Hamburg, Germany.

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Loeb


  • Chinese tech stocks slid
    after President Donald Trump reportedly OK’d hitting
    China with the next round of tariffs.
  • Treasury secretary’s attempt to restart trade talks
    with Beijing and China welcomed the invitation on
    Thursday.
  • China said it will not buckle to US demands
    in any trade negotiations, reported by Reuters.
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Chinese tech
stocks
 are getting
sliding after President Donald Trump reportedly OK’d hitting
China with the next round of tariffs despite the two sides
attempts to extend trade talks.

On Friday, Trump instructed aides onto proceed with tariffs
on about $200 billion worth of Chinese products despite,
Bloomberg says
, citing four people familiar with the matter.
The news comes just two days after Treasury Secretary
Steven Mnuchin extended an invitation
to Chinese officials to
restart talks. 

And while Ministry of Commerce welcomed the
invitation on Thursday, Reuters
reported
that officials were unlikely to buckle to US
demands, citing an editorial published Friday by the state-run
China Daily newspaper.

As a result, Chinese tech stocks are taking a beat across
the board. Here’s the scoreboard:

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