US plans to use tariff negotiations to isolate China, WSJ reports
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on April 15, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 24, 2026

Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on April 15, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 24, 2026

The US plans to use tariff talks to pressure over 70 nations to limit trade with China, aiming to isolate Chinese firms and goods.
(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump administration plans to use ongoing tariff negotiations to pressure U.S. trading partners to limit their dealings with China, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday citing people with knowledge of the conversations.
U.S. officials plan to use negotiations with more than 70 nations to ask them to disallow China to ship goods through their countries and prevent Chinese firms from being located in their territories to avoid U.S. tariffs, the report added.
(Reporting by Janaki Venugopalan in Bengaluru; Editing by Himani Sarkar)
The main topic is the US strategy to use tariff negotiations to isolate China by limiting its trade influence globally.
The US is in discussions with more than 70 nations regarding the tariff negotiations.
The goal is to prevent Chinese goods from bypassing US tariffs and to limit the presence of Chinese firms globally.
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