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Zimbabwe to scrap tariffs on US goods
Msn ^ | April 6th 2025 | Farouk Chothia

Posted on 04/06/2025 4:56:05 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has announced he will suspend tariffs on goods imported from the US in an attempt to build a "positive relationship" with President Donald Trump's administration.

The move comes days after Trump imposed 18% tariffs on Zimbabwean exports to the US.

"This measure is intended to facilitate the expansion of American imports within the Zimbabwean market, while simultaneously promoting the growth of Zimbabwean exports destined for the United States," he said on X.

Zimbabwe has had strained diplomatic relations with the US since it adopted a controversial land policy about 25 years ago, and because of its poor human rights record.

Trade between the two countries amounted to only $111.6 million in 2024, US government data shows.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: goods; jungle; scrap; tariffs; us; zumbabwe
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Zimbabwe huh
1 posted on 04/06/2025 4:56:05 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I have met many people from Zimbabwe and they are great!! Don’t know anything about their country, though.


2 posted on 04/06/2025 4:57:51 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion.....the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience..)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Zimbabwean exports?

What do we buy from Zimbabwe?................


3 posted on 04/06/2025 4:59:25 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The United States imports goods from Zimbabwe, primarily including ferroalloys, raw tobacco, and raw sugar, with a total trade value of $111.6 million in 2024.

Here’s a more detailed breakdown:

Key Exports from Zimbabwe to the US:
Ferroalloys: (a metal alloy used to produce other metals).
Raw Tobacco .
Raw Sugar .
Other notable exports: Gold, minerals, textiles, and animal products.


4 posted on 04/06/2025 5:00:26 PM PDT by Jane Long (Jesus is Lord!)
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To: Red Badger

See post 4.


5 posted on 04/06/2025 5:00:44 PM PDT by Jane Long (Jesus is Lord!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

OMG!!! Trump won the trade war with Zimbabwe! And it only cost us something like $3 trillion in market value. Isn’t this great?!!!!!!

Now we can force them to close factories and send all those national security jobs here and we can sell them what?


6 posted on 04/06/2025 5:05:47 PM PDT by Sequoyah101 (Donald John Trump. First man to be Elected to the Presidency THREE times since FDR.)
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To: Jane Long

But what exactly is that we are going to sell them that will boost our economy now that they have removed their tariffs?


7 posted on 04/06/2025 5:07:24 PM PDT by Sequoyah101 (Donald John Trump. First man to be Elected to the Presidency THREE times since FDR.)
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To: Red Badger

People.


8 posted on 04/06/2025 5:09:09 PM PDT by for-q-clinton
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To: Sequoyah101

Yikes…. Patience is not your thing huh?

A journey of a 1000 miles starts with one step.


9 posted on 04/06/2025 5:12:01 PM PDT by MrRelevant
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Zimbabwe has run out of other people’s money. The fact that they are able to export anything is amazing.

Here are a few articles about Zimbabwe’s electric grid, or lack thereof.

“”The recent wave of prolonged power outages and repeated national blackouts has exposed deep-rooted systemic failures in governance, infrastructure management, and accountability.

With power cuts extending beyond 24 hours in many areas, Zimbabweans are grappling with the harsh reality of an economy bleeding billions while a dysfunctional electricity system pushes industries, businesses, and households to the brink.””

https://www.thezimbabwean.co/2024/12/is-zimbabwe-on-the-brink-of-collapse/

“”The current ZANU-PF government has not only failed to improve the electricity generation infrastructure inherited from the colonial regime but has overseen its steady decline through neglect, corruption, and mismanagement.

Today, ordinary Zimbabweans endure daily power outages averaging 18 hours, a scenario unimaginable even under a colonial regime nearly a century ago.””

https://energycentral.com/news/electricity-availability-zimbabwe-now-worse-rhodesia-1940s


10 posted on 04/06/2025 5:13:24 PM PDT by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try)
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To: Sequoyah101

Sheesh … a simple search tells you this …

United States-Zimbabwe Trade: In 2023, United States exported $45.4M to Zimbabwe. The main products that United States exported to Zimbabwe were Tractors ($4.63M), Sorghum ($2.65M), and Other Pure Vegetable Oils ($2.38M). Over the past 5 years the exports of United States to Zimbabwe have decreased at an annualized rate of 1.69%, from $49.4M in 2018 to $45.4M in 2023.

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And, we don’t want FREE trade. We want FAIR trade.

50 countries and counting have come to Pres Trump’s table.


11 posted on 04/06/2025 5:22:23 PM PDT by Jane Long (Jesus is Lord!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

and there was much rejoicing


12 posted on 04/06/2025 5:22:58 PM PDT by babble-on
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To: ChicagoConservative27; lightman

“Zimbabwe” was a good country when it was Rhodesia!

But we (especially the Carter administration) were made to support destroying Rhodesia in order to stop “racism”.

The result was mass starvation under a commie dictatorship.

Even with a tariff agreement, no one should buy anything from “Zimbabwe”!


13 posted on 04/06/2025 5:23:41 PM PDT by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

What a relief.


14 posted on 04/06/2025 5:24:41 PM PDT by nwrep
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To: Sequoyah101

LOL.


15 posted on 04/06/2025 5:25:29 PM PDT by nwrep
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To: Jane Long

$112,000,000 here, $112,000,000 there, pretty soon you’re talking real money!


16 posted on 04/06/2025 5:35:41 PM PDT by traderrob6
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To: Red Badger

Whatever we want.
Their $100 Trillion dollars note is worth about $13 US Dollars on EBAY
I have bought them multiple times for GAG birthday card stuffers.
Before them I bought $100 Billion dollars notes/currency.


17 posted on 04/06/2025 8:44:25 PM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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To: Sequoyah101

You’re not…oh what is the word…. Oh yea. Smart.

That’s the word.

L


18 posted on 04/06/2025 8:57:19 PM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

That’s great! I was going to buy a new shrunken head last month but because of the tariffs the price was insane. Now I’m in!


19 posted on 04/07/2025 12:47:07 AM PDT by Rocco DiPippo (Either the Deep State destroys America or we destroy the Deep State. -Donald Trump)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Trump's tariffs hitting the global community.
20 posted on 04/07/2025 6:12:27 AM PDT by Sertorius (A hayseed with no Greek and dam^ proud of it)
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