Posted on 02/03/2025 11:41:00 AM PST by Red Badger
The Chinese government is reportedly preparing to begin trade talks with the U.S. after President Donald Trump slapped China with a 10% tariff, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Beijing is reportedly gearing up to discuss trade relations in an attempt to ward off further tariffs from the U.S., according to the WSJ. The WSJ report comes after Trump announced on Saturday that he is implementing 10% tariffs against China as well as 25% tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada in an attempt to crack down on illegal immigration and the trafficking of illicit drugs such as fentanyl stemming from the countries.
China’s initial trade proposal will be aimed at restoring a trade agreement that the country signed during Trump’s first term in 2020 but did not implement during former President Joe Biden’s term, anonymous sources told the WSJ. Beijing is now preparing to discuss with the Trump-Vance administration areas where China can purchase more from the U.S., the outlet reported.
When announcing the tariffs on Saturday, the White House wrote that there was an “extraordinary threat posed by illegal aliens and drugs, including deadly fentanyl” which “constitutes a national emergency under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.” The White House stated in the announcement that tariffs are a “powerful, proven source of leverage for protecting the national interest.”
Beijing on Sunday denounced Trump’s tariffs, stating that fentanyl was “America’s problem,” Reuters reported. Notably, deaths in the U.S. involving synthetic opioids other than methadone — primarily illicitly manufactured fentanyl — rose to 73,838 in 2022. The global fentanyl supply chain often starts with chemical companies based in China, and often passes through Mexico and then into the U.S.
Concerns about Beijing threatening U.S. national security have been mounting amid China’s growing global influence. Various reports have shown that China has stolen intellectual property from America.
Notably, there has been a massive influx of Chinese migrants crossing the U.S. border in recent years, with thousands of Chinese nationals crossing the southern border illegally in 2024.
Before his recent White House return, Trump vowed to impose various tariffs against foreign countries, including China, Mexico and Canada.
During his first presidency, Trump implemented various trade restrictions against Beijing, setting off a contentious trade war between the U.S. and China in early 2018. Tensions over trade between the U.S. and China have been amping up in recent months with Beijing warning in December that there would be “no winners” in a new trade war between the two countries.
Ahead of the 2025 presidential inauguration, Trump said on Jan. 17 that he had spoken with China’s President Xi Jinping over the phone about fentanyl, trade and various other topics. Trump stated that the phone call with China’s leader was “a very good one.”
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation.
Psst, China, read the news sites, when you actually do actions, you get a pause. Offering to open negotiations isn’t enough. You actually have to do something.
Every cyber attack is a 1% added tariff.
What say you Deficit Chicken Hawks out there?
My understanding is the 10% is on top of the tariffs he put in place in his first term.
Trump is doing all he is now because of this.
https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1DXGydWDYjEKM
It is a conversation between Jones and Dr David Martin.
Everything becomes more clear than it has ever been.
18 months
I have to lie down. All this winning is making me lightheaded.
No more threats to other countries and more more actually attacking Philippines.
Being a passenger in a Kamikaze plane on a dive and only the (US) pilot is wearing a parachute tends to be very persuasive.
Try to do without stuff from China. If you need a medication or a vitamin, good luck finding an alternative :(
China found out the Cuba Club is about to expand agents can’t get home?.
China’s economy depends on exports. Their economy is constantly on the brink of collapse from one thing or another. It’s really a house of cards that one day will fall into a black hole............
Agree make China 1959 broke and keep it that way.
Where the USA should not back down is fentanyl, China being the top exporter to the US. Also, if Trump can address China’s use of prison labor would also be good.
I agree. Just for its acts of industrial espionage.
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This was ALWAYS the plan. The tariffs are a TOOL to force folks to the negotiating table.
Hat trick for Trump. Mexico, Canada and China are all caving.
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