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This Article is From Nov 29, 2019

U.S.-China Trade War Timeline: What’s Happened Since May 2019

(Bloomberg) --

More than a year into the trade war between the U.S. and China, negotiators are still working toward a deal to defuse the tensions.

Here are the events we expect to happen in the coming months, plus a timeline of what has happened since May, in reverse chronological order:

DateJoint actionU.S. actionChinese action
12/15/2019Second batch of new U.S. tariffs to begin.Chinese retaliation to start.
11/28/2019China said it would

retaliate against the U.S. bill on Hong Kong, but didn't specify how.

11/27/2019U.S. President Donald Trump signed legislation expressing U.S.

support for Hong Kong protesters

11/26/2019
Trump said that a deal with China was in the “final throes” but also that he was holding it up to ensure better terms for the U.S.
Two sides in thorough talks on phase one deal, China's commerce ministry said.
Kudlow confirmed the advance in negotiations: “If there's a phase one trade deal, there are going to be tariff agreements and concessions.”

Taiwan's government denied a report that Washington asked it to stop the company selling to the Chinese firm.

criticized China's actions against protesters in Hong Kong while calling for greater engagement between the two nations.

How the U.S.-China Trade War Got to This Point: QuickTake


Click here to read what happened in Jan.-April 2019.

Click here to read what happened last year.

To contact Bloomberg News staff for this story: Miao Han in Beijing at mhan22@bloomberg.net

To contact the editors responsible for this story: Jeffrey Black at jblack25@bloomberg.net, James Mayger

©2019 Bloomberg L.P.

With assistance from Bloomberg

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