Tariffs detrimental to US, analyst says

US tariffs will be detrimental to the US and will not achieve their objective of thwarting Beijing, an expert on the Chinese economy says.

"The tariff approach is a mistake because US tariffs on imports from China are going to hurt Americans more than they're going to put pressure on the Chinese government," said Andy Rothman, a consultant for the China market and founder of Sinology LLC, in an online discussion Wednesday about the economies of China and the US, organized by the 1990 Institute, a nonprofit group.

US President Donald Trump initiated tariffs on Chinese goods in his first term and imposed further tariffs on China shortly after he started his second term.