U.S. President Donald Trump is pushing his trade conflict with China toward a point where neither side can back down.

By Aug. 30, as the U.S. nears midterm elections vital for Trump’s legislative agenda, the White House will be ready to impose 10 percent tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese-made products, ranging from clothing to television parts to refrigerators. The levies announced Tuesday—together with some $50 billion already in the works—stand to raise import prices on almost half of everything the U.S. buys from the Asian nation.

China has seven weeks to make a deal or dig in and try to outlast the U.S. leader. President Xi Jinping, facing his own political pressures to look tough, has vowed to respond blow-for-blow. He’s already imposed retaliatory duties targeting Trump’s base including Iowa soybeans and Kentucky bourbon.

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