Trump has allegedly violated advisers in the decision to impose tariffs on remaining Chinese imports

President Donald Trump overruled the overwhelming objections of almost his entire profession when he ordered the imposition of 10% tariff on China's remaining $ 300 billion export to the United States, according to the Wall Street Journal, citing people familiar with the matter.

Trump said in his decision announced on Twitter Thursday that China has done no good with a pledge to buy US agricultural goods in large quantities, and as a consequence, the United States would introduce new tariffs from September 1[ads1]. [19659002] Dow dropped more than 280 points on the news Thursday, and the Treasury's return also dropped sharply.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer were in Shanghai last week in an attempt to start the halt of stalled trade talks. Trump and China's President Xi Jinping had agreed to a ceasefire in the trade war on the sidelines of the G-20 Summit in Japan in

Trump would give farmers, hard hit by the trade war, guarantees that China increased its US purchases as he prepared to a rally in Ohio. But Lighthizer and Mnuchin told the president at an Oval Office meeting that the Shanghai talks did not have the results he wanted, according to the journal's sources.

Trump ordered new tariffs in response. Almost everyone present at the Oval Office meeting – including national security adviser John Bolton, financial adviser Larry Kudlow and acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney – opposed his decision, according to the Journal. Only Peter Navarro, a China hawk, did not protest.

A nearly two-hour debate followed, but the president stood by his argument and eventually his advisers helped him prepare a Twitter post about the new tariffs, the Journal reported.

Read the full report in The Wall Street Journal