China unlikely to send trade delegation to US after new tariffs

In this Nov. 5, 2017 file photo, residents watch a convoy of security personnel in a show of force through central Kashgar in western China's Xinjiang region. (File/AP)

• The news comes after the Trump Administration announced plans to implement tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods
• China is reviewing its previous plans to send a delegation headed by Vice Premier Liu He to the US next week

BEIJING: China likely will not send a trade delegation to Washington after the Trump Administration announced plans to implement tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods, the South China Morning Post reported on Tuesday, citing an unidentified government source in Beijing.
The report said China is reviewing its previous plans to send a delegation headed by Vice Premier Liu He to the US next week for fresh round of talks. The source told the paper that Beijing has not yet made a final decision but that a show of “sufficient goodwill” was a precondition for the planned talks.
The new US tariffs would take effect on Sept. 24 at a rate of 10 percent and then escalate to 25 percent by the end of 2018.