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Settlement with China over trade war unlikely

The trade war between the world’s two largest economies officially began Friday as tariffs on $34 billion of Chinese goods went into effect. Calling it the “biggest trade war in economic history,” Chinese officials had said China would raise similar tariffs on U.S. imports including pork, soybeans and automobiles. Ana Swanson of The New York Times joins Hari Sreenivasan for more.