The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China–United_States_trade_war" id="mwAW0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="China–United States trade war">China–United States trade war</a> begins when President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump" id="mwAW4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> places <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_tariffs" id="mwAW8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Trump tariffs">tariffs</a> on Chinese solar panels and washing machines.<sup about="#mwt102" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-18"}}' id="cite_ref-18" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./January_23#cite_note-18" id="mwAXA" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 18;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAXE">[18]</span></a></sup>
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