and china to set aside their differences on trade priscilla god the head of the i.m.f. warned in paris quote clearly the tensions between the united states and china are the threat for the world economy u.s. president on tom jones of markets at the beginning of this week when he threatened tariffs already imposed on two hundred billion dollars in chinese exports to the u.s. would would more than double this friday to twenty five percent from the current level of ten percent. the u.s. has warned india not to retaliate against washington's plans to end certain trades trade concessions for the south asian country indian officials are considering raising import duties on some u.s. goods if the white house for scenes with a plan to scrap a scheme in place that allows indian goods worth about five point six billion dollars to be imported duty free the proposal announced in march came off the president trump repeatedly called on india to reduce trade barriers but the plan to end preferential trade with india has also faced a backlash within washington. the turks there as nosed