NEW YORK — United States President Donald Trump's complaints about China's trade practices have increased the odds that a 25-year-old US law that established free trade with Beijing is repealed, trade experts said, a move that could raise tariffs to 61 percent on average.

Buried in the barrage of first-day executive orders was an instruction from Trump to his commerce secretary and trade representative to "assess legislative proposals" regarding Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) with China.

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