United States secretary of the treasury Scott Bessent talking of escalating the trade war to include secondary tariffs/sanctions (sanctions on countries selling on China goods).

Completely unnecessary, as is keeping raising the tariff % level once it's past the point of stopping all trade anyway. China already talking about a willingness to negotiate, that was the plan - get on with the negotiations.

China will agree to a more even trade arrangement rather than no trade at all. Trump should just get on with it now.