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<p>WASHINGTON (AP) &#8212; President Donald Trump is going ahead with plans to impose new tariffs on about $200 billion of Chinese imports, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday.</p><p>Both sides were preparing to hold new talks on their tariff dispute. Last week Trump told reporters such a move could come &#8220;very soon.&#8221;</p><p>The Journal cited unnamed people familiar with the matter who said the tariff level will likely be set at about 10 percent, below the 25 percent announced earlier this year.</p><p>The two governments have already imposed 25 percent tariffs on $50 billion of each other&#8217;s goods. Beijing has issued a list of another $60 billion of American products for retaliation if Trump&#8217;s next tariff hike goes ahead.</p><p>White House spokeswoman Lindsay Walters declined comment on the timing of a possible announcement, but said: &#8220;The President has been clear that he and his administration will continue to take action to address China&#8217;s unfair trade practices. We encourage China to address the long standing concerns raised by the United States.&#8221;</p><p>The Chinese foreign ministry said Thursday that it was invited to hold new talks. Envoys from the two countries last met Aug. 22 in Washington but reported no progress.</p><p>Beijing has rejected pressure from the United States to roll back plans for state-led development of Chinese global champions in robotics, artificial intelligence and other fields.</p><p>Washington, Europe and other trading partners say those plans violate China&#8217;s market-opening commitments. American officials also worry they might erode U.S. industrial leadership.</p><p>Forecasters have warned that the worsening conflict between the world&#8217;s two biggest traders could cut up to 0.5 percentage point off global economic growth through 2020 if all threatened tariff hikes go ahead.</p><p>China has tried without success to recruit Germany, France, South Korea and other governments as allies against Washington. Some of them have criticized Trump&#8217;s tactics but many echo U.S. complaints about Chinese market barriers and industrial strategy.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">In this Saturday, July 8, 2017, file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and China&#8217;s President Xi Jinping arrive for a meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany. Trump is going ahead with plans to impose new tariffs on about $200 billion of Chinese imports, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/web1_TrumpTrade2-cmyk.jpg</photo0><caption0>In this Saturday, July 8, 2017, file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and China&#8217;s President Xi Jinping arrive for a meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany. Trump is going ahead with plans to impose new tariffs on about $200 billion of Chinese imports, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday. </caption0><photoCredit0>AP file </photoCredit0></div></div>

Report: Trump going ahead with plans for new China tariffs