By Daniel Flatley and Jennifer A. Dlouhy, Bloomberg News

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he saw the U.S. as locked in a trade war with China, even as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent proposed a longer pause on high tariffs on Chinese goods to resolve a conflict over critical minerals.

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