Posted on 04/09/2025 11:01:38 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
The tariff tit-for-tat between the U.S. and China escalated again Wednesday, with President Donald Trump saying that he is immediately raising the tariffs on Chinese goods to 125% over Beijing’s "lack of respect" toward America, while pausing and lowering reciprocal tariffs on other countries.
"At some point, hopefully in the near future, China will realize that the days of ripping off the U.S.A., and other Countries, is no longer sustainable or acceptable," Trump posted on his Truth Social media platform.
Trump wrote that more than 75 other countries have called U.S. representatives to "negotiate a solution" to the subjects relative to trade, trade barriers, tariffs, currency manipulation, and non-monetary tariffs. He added that these countries, "at my strong suggestion," have not retaliated in any way against America.
Trump wrote that his reciprocal tariffs on other countries would be paused for 90 days, during which the tariff rate would be 10%.
Trump's move comes just hours after China announced it was increasing its reciprocal tariff on U.S. goods from 34% to 84%.
China's escalation came after Trump's most recent tariff increase went into effect shortly after midnight Wednesday, bringing the total U.S. tariff on Chinese goods to 104%.
Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick posted on X that the world – except China – is ready to work with Trump on trade.
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All stock markets are up 7-9% since this announcement a couple hours ago.
Watching Fox Biz at the moment. Peter Navarro is saying that this was the plan all along. This may or may not prove to be the case.
Could we just stop doing business with communist China and let them meet their destiny?
There are consequences for killing a million Americans.
YES, they don’t get to be China, they are Red China.
The plan is to isolate China.
The consequences are going to be a lot more than money.
Yep. That’s what the Charles Payne is saying. Tariffs on China have just gone up to 125%.
This makes the most logical sense. It takes time to negotiate tariffs, it gives the stock market a chance to recover. If Trump waited three months for all the negotiations to be completed, the stock market could go down hugely, which affects everyone with a pension and 401k. That would guarantee Republican defeat in two years. We need to bring pharmaceutical manufacturing back, its a national security issue. I am angry at all the Presidents who let that slide in the past.
oh definitely. They killed millions of people with their bioweapon bat virus. If the 3 Gorges dam bursts someday- oh well.
Yeah but honestly if it had been the other side doing this, what would we say, that they caved..because honestly that was my first reaction, he saw the pressure and caved to it..but heck what do I know, because now the other countries who supposedly want to make deals, why would they know, whats the incentive to do it yeah its paused for 90 days then what
What I am hearing about whether or not this was the plan all along is a bit foggy.
There’s no definitive evidence to confirm that a 90-day pause in Trump’s tariff plan was his strategy from the beginning. However, some sources and statements from his administration suggest it might have been a tactical move, while others indicate it was a response to external pressures rather than a pre-set plan.
The idea that it was "the plan all along" aligns with Trump’s history of using tariffs as a negotiating tool, as seen in his first term with the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. Yet, the lack of prior public indication of a pause, combined with the administration’s initial rejection of the idea, leaves room for skepticism.
It’s possible the pause was a strategic pivot framed as intentional after the fact, but without internal documentation or earlier explicit statements from Trump, it’s not conclusively provable as his original intent. The shift could equally reflect adaptability to economic fallout and diplomatic outreach rather than a premeditated masterstroke.
Could have had a couple of plans depending on how many countries react.
That would be the ideal situation
Just my personal observations:
I do not see the made in China label nearly as much as I used to. Unless it is electronics and tools.
All the clothing that used to be made in China is now made in other countries it seems.
Check the world has had enough of their gouging.
On the contrary, President Trump has always said that it's a bad idea to help your opponents by broadcasting your plans ahead of time.
I'd expect him to say that, because I believe he lost the immediate battle on tariffs to Musk and others.
When Trump says it’s dangerous to broadcast your plans ahead of time, that doesn’t mean he has a plan for every imaginable scenario.
This 90-day tariff pause could be a reaction to market conditions rather than something premeditated.
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