Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - KGO - 20190511:00:37:00
>> reporter: the president calls today's talks between the us and china "candid and constructive," but the chinese delegation left the white house empty handed tonight, no meeting with the president and no deal. so today, trump opened a new front in the trade war. those new 25% tariffs, essentially a tax on goods coming from china. >> i happen to think that tariffs for our country are very powerful. you know, we're the piggy bank that everybody steals from, including china. >> reporter: the trump tariffs impact nearly 6,000 chinese products, from food items like frozen fish to consumer goods l...