- China a 'bigger problem' -"China, right now, is a far bigger problem," Trump said. "If the US dogmatically implements any new tariff measures against China, China will have to take the necessary countermeasures," commerce spokesman Gao Feng told reporters. - NAFTA talks 24/7 -Trump said talks with Canada to revise the 25-year-old NAFTA were "moving along" but again called the trade pact "one of the worst trade deals in history." Guajardo said Thursday it would be "very strange" to sign a new NAFTA "when this trade war is pending." But Freeland said on Thursday the metals tariffs and NAFTA talks "are entirely separate" -- although she again called them "unjustified and illegal."

Source: Bangkok Post September 07, 2018 20:26 UTC