The world's largest retailer is clashing with China over the company's efforts to reduce the impact of President Trump's increased tariffs. Why it matters: Walmart — whose brand is inextricably linked to low prices — is trying to leverage its monumental size to mitigate its own costs from the billowing international trade war.

Walmart has asked some Chinese suppliers for major price cuts, with the U.S. retail giant's efforts to shift the burden of President Donald Trump's tariffs facing strong push back from firms in the Asian nation,

Walmart executives sat down with representatives of the Chinese government after reportedly asking it's suppliers to cut prices and bear the brunt of President Donald Trump's tariffs