Higher US tariffs under President Donald Trump could accelerate a slump in the value of China's currency, complicating recent efforts by Beijing to kickstart a rebound in its struggling economy, analysts warn.

President Donald Trump said he’d prefer not to have to impose tariffs on China, his latest dovish remark toward the world’s second-biggest economy even as he continues to threaten sweeping action.

US President Donald Trump has presented tariffs as a kind of silver bullet against China. When asked if he could stop Chinese President Xi Jinping from taking Taiwan and reach an agreement on fair trade practices,

China has responded to U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats of imposing tariffs on goods exported to the United States. Since taking office, the American leader has signed numerous executive orders and reiterated his intention to impose tariffs of up to 20% on many countries trading with Washington.

Trump says tariffs are a ‘tremendous power’ over China, he would rather not impose them China has emphasised that differences with the US must be addressed through dialogue. This, in response to US President Donald Trump expressing reluctance to press ahead with his threat to impose tariffs on China.

Amid tariff buzz around China, US President Donald Trump has said that he is mulling to avoid the imposition of tariffs on China. “ We have one very big power over China, and that’s tariffs, and they don’t want them.