Posted on 04/21/2025 12:51:00 AM PDT by Olog-hai
China has warned countries against striking a broader economic deal with the United States at its expense, ratcheting up its rhetoric in a spiraling trade war between the world’s two biggest economies.
The Asian country respects all parties resolving economic and trade differences with the United States through consultation on an equal footing, but it will firmly oppose any party striking a deal at China’s expense, its Commerce Ministry said.
Chinese officials “will take countermeasures in a resolute and reciprocal manner” if any country sought such deals, a ministry spokesperson said, addressing a news report that the Trump Administration was preparing to pressure other countries to limit trade with China in exchange for tariff exemptions from the United States. […]
Earlier this month, US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said nearly 50 countries have approached him to discuss the steep additional tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump.
Several bilateral talks on tariffs have taken place since, with Japan considering raising soybean and rice imports as part of its talks with the US while Indonesia is planning to increase US food and commodities imports and reduce orders from other nations. …
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What are they going to do? Dump another virus on the world?
Don't put it past them.
We let them be so powerful.
We gave them all the know how and pay them for all that crap coming from there.
It is probably the last chance to stop them now.
Or, maybe, it is already too late?!
Clinton and Biden benefited from the Chinese - the rest of us? Not so much. Trump can do this...
,,, is this the same China that’s run roughshod over Tibet, re-educated Uiyghurs, built runways on coral reefs in the South China Sea, screwed eco systems in Africa and South America, stolen industrial secrets from who knows how many nations - and the list goes on for that UN member. Not an ideal trade partner, just a bully Communist racket.
Thanks, free traitors.
Tariffs are paid for by the end user, that is the American consumer.
If trade was fair in the first place I can’t see under any circumstance why people in other countries would be so upset about Americans being taxed more.
Everywhere in the world (except the USA), citizens pay more for imported goods because of tariffs.
The idea is that the consumer should pay more for foreign products over domestic products, especially those goods that compete against non-foreign private businesses.
Trump is now finally reciprocating. Doing to them what they have been doing to us for centuries. Payback time.
Chinas economy is the main tool they have to keep their war machine working without it it’s 1959 all over again.
DO IT
Typical bully tactics.
That seems the most likely.
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