SHANNON, Ireland (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to hit China with tariffs on "at least" another $300 billion worth of Chinese goods but said he thought both China and Mexico wanted to make deals in their trade disputes with the United States. While Trump said on Thursday that talks with China are ongoing, no face-to-face meetings have been held since May 10, the day he sharply increased tariffs on a $200 billion (£157.9 billion) list of Chinese goods to 25%, prompting Beijing to retaliate. "Our talks with China, a lot of interesting things are happening. I could go up another at least $300 billion and I'll do that at the right time," Trump told reporters on Thursday, without specifying which goods could be impacted. Mexican and U.S. officials are also set to resume their talks in Washington on Thursday aimed at averting an imposition of tariffs on Mexican goods.

Source: The Star June 06, 2019 07:54 UTC