Posted on 10/12/2025 2:48:17 PM PDT by marcusmaximus
For thousands of manufacturers across China, it’s déjà vu—with implications for the country’s fragile economy.
Earlier this year, after President Trump raised tariffs on Chinese goods to 145% in April, American customers of Alan Chau’s toy factory in southern China abruptly froze orders, sparking a cash crunch ttohat brought his business to the brink. So it came as a relief when the U.S. and China reached a trade truce weeks later in mid-May, rolling back most of their tariffs on one another—and allowing Chau to resume shipping his products again.
Now, less than six months later, prohibitively high tariffs could be the reality again for Chau and tens of thousands of other factory owners that make China a global manufacturing powerhouse. Trump said Friday that he would impose a 100% additional tariff on all Chinese goods, effective Nov. 1.
“That is literally an embargo,” said Chau. “Who is going to do business with China?”
After months of trade talks in which U.S. officials expressed cautious optimism about a breakthrough, the White House was caught off guard when Beijing in recent days unleashed a barrage of measures, showing off an array of tools in its trade-war arsenal, including tightened export restrictions on rare-earth materials that could hurt U.S. industries and an antitrust probe targeting American chip company Qualcomm.
On Sunday, Beijing blamed Washington for having first introduced new restrictions against China after the latest round of trade talks in September.
“Frequently threatening high tariffs is not the right approach to engaging with China,” Beijing’s Commerce Ministry said in a statement.
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Don’t know what or care what a White Knight is. Tje only thing I care about is America First.
No, I didn’t.
I called you a raving illiterate.
I typed of my raving hatred for marxism everywhere, and you call thar raving illiterate. No apologies. Marxism must be rooted out of America. It is the red pleauge.
Dude, we fragile too.
Very nice juxtaposition there, thanks!
Stop your annoying illiterate screeching.
Nobody here is remotely advocating for Marxism. Yet, you screech on.
If you want to throw a pearl-clutching fit and engage in overwrought drama, maybe you should stop by DU. I think they have some pro-Marxist types over there for you to screech at.
Just don’t tell them you’re associated with FR, OK?
IBMS
Dude, we fragile too.
Must be Italian.
No, drama, you seem not in control of your emotions. You are yelling at me for nothing. It is you who have been screeching at me. You went at me first for no reason. Menopause is a hell of a thing. Now don’t post to me again, crazy lady, and I won’t post to you.
Perhaps you shouldn’t have posted to me in the first place (Post 23.) You were looking for trouble and got smacked. Now you’re trying to cover for it through projection. Nice try, but that’s pretty lame.
I’ll be glad to have no further discourse with you, however. I dislike your tactics and I’m not a fan of the screechy ALLCAPS and excessive exclamation points.
Bye, now. 😊
I said it and I meant it. I’m not interested in your little troll wars from the stupid Ukraine threads. If he says something right, I will agree with it. Now, go take your valum,hand calm down.
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OK, Skippy.
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It reminds me of a game of Jenga. Trump keeps pulling out the tiles/pieces of wood. Wonder how long and how many pulls it will take to topple the Chinese economy?
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