By Laurie Chen, Michael Martina BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -When the leaders of some of the world's largest companies flocked to Beijing for a business forum last month, their main purpose was a coveted meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

Ryan Petersen said a lot of what Americans buy from China is "discretionary spend" — optional items that can be replaced if they become expensive.

Nearly four weeks into a costly global trade war with no end in sight, Mr. Trump is facing a barrage of lawsuits from state officials, small businesses and even once-allied political groups, all contending that the president cannot sidestep Congress and tax virtually any import at levels to his liking.

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Americans are delivering a negative verdict on President Donald Trump’s performance as he nears the 100-day mark of his second term, according to a new NBC News Stay Tuned Poll, powered by SurveyMonkey.

Donald Trump’s approval ratings have fallen to the lowest level for any president in 70 years ahead of his 100th day in office.

Discount Chinese retail app Temu appears to be passing on nearly all of Donald Trump’s new import taxes to US consumers, more than doubling the cost of some products in a move that may add to concern about the inflationary impact of tariffs.

While products shipping from Temu’s US warehouses are currently spared from import surcharges, Bloomberg found that bestselling items coming over from China are displaying taxes that greatly exceed product value — and US consumers will be paying the additional costs.

Shein and Temu sharply raised prices for U.S. customers last week as they braced for new tariffs on Chinese imports set to take effect on May 2. According to reports from Bloomberg and CNN, the two popular