Trump's trade adviser embarrassingly retracted a claim that a US deal with China was 'over'

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• President Donald Trump's trade adviser Peter Navarro retracted a claim made in an interview that a US-China trade deal was "over."
• He had said that China's oppression of the Uighur Muslim minority, as well as instances of international overreach, endangered the deal.
• The claim made headlines, and stock market futures dropped 400 points, according to Fox News.
• However, after the interview he said the interview had been taken out of context.
• Trump later piled on, tweeting late Monday that the deal was "fully intact."
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President Donald Trump's trade adviser retracted his assertion that US-China trade negotiations were "over" hours after making it in a Fox News interview.

Peter Navarro made the claim while speaking to Fox host Martha MacCallum on Monday.

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