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Trump announces 100 percent tariff on China in response to rare earth controls
The Hill ^ | 10/10/25 | Brett Samuels

Posted on 10/10/2025 2:42:23 PM PDT by CFW

President Trump announced Friday he will raise tariffs on China in response to a move from Beijing to tighten its control over certain critical minerals and rare earth elements.

Trump announced on Truth Social that he would impose a tariff of 100 percent on Chinese goods beginning Nov. 1 or sooner. Those tariffs will supersede existing duties already in place on Chinese goods.

The president said his administration would also place export controls “on any and all critical software.”

“It is impossible to believe that China would have taken such an action, but they have, and the rest is History,” Trump posted.

China announced this week that foreign entities must obtain a license in order to export any products containing more than 0.1 percent of rare earths that are either sourced in China or manufactured using the country’s extraction process. China controls roughly 70 percent of the world’s rare metals and earths.

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


TOPICS: Breaking News; Business/Economy; China; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: china; economy; rareearthmetals; tariffs; tarifftruth; trump

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This is going to get interesting.
1 posted on 10/10/2025 2:42:23 PM PDT by CFW
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Send all the Chinese students home with no tuition refunds.


2 posted on 10/10/2025 2:44:34 PM PDT by central_va ( I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: CFW

Yes, since it is American citizens who pay those tariffs, not China. I don’t support his tariff tactics.


3 posted on 10/10/2025 2:45:02 PM PDT by GingisK
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To: central_va

The best possible outcome.


4 posted on 10/10/2025 2:45:49 PM PDT by HYPOCRACY (Wake up, smell the cat food in your bank account. )
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To: GingisK

You tried to invade China?


5 posted on 10/10/2025 2:46:28 PM PDT by nwrep
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To: CFW

In the fiscal year 2024, there were 46,680 H-1B visa approvals for Chinese citizens, making up about 11.7% of the total H-1B approvals. The majority of these visas are typically issued for roles in technology and engineering sectors.

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Cancel every one of those visas.


6 posted on 10/10/2025 2:46:37 PM PDT by central_va ( I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: GingisK

Please, go to China where you belong.


7 posted on 10/10/2025 2:47:43 PM PDT by central_va ( I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: CFW

It is going to get a lot more than just interesting.


8 posted on 10/10/2025 2:48:12 PM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: CFW

Good thing the stock market is closed until Tuesday; maybe the impacts will be lessened then if, as expected, Trump and Xi Jinping announce they will meet to sort it all out.


9 posted on 10/10/2025 2:48:48 PM PDT by CedarDave (Having proudly supported Free Republic for over 25 years!)
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To: HYPOCRACY

As of the 2023/24 academic year, there are approximately 277,398 Chinese students studying in the United States on student visas

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Get em outta here.


10 posted on 10/10/2025 2:50:01 PM PDT by central_va ( I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: GingisK
In case you've missed it, inflation has gone down during Trump's term despite any tariffs he's implemented.
11 posted on 10/10/2025 2:50:12 PM PDT by Kazan
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To: CedarDave

I think it will be open.


12 posted on 10/10/2025 2:52:35 PM PDT by bankwalker (Feminists, like all Marxists, are ungrateful parasites.)
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To: GingisK

American citizens who pay for goods purchased from...and enriching China. To hell with the Chinese! Ultimately, it is China who suffers from the idling of their factories, workers and congested ports. This has been brewing for too long. We finance and contribute to the CCP. Thank God for Donald Trump!


13 posted on 10/10/2025 2:53:02 PM PDT by Mister Tee (The liberals "hail mary"...coronavirus)
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To: CedarDave

Good thing the stock market is closed until Tuesday;


The stock market is not closed on Monday. Stocks will trade as usual.


14 posted on 10/10/2025 2:55:08 PM PDT by CFW
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To: CFW

Tariffs are causing devaluation of U.S. dollar, and that has been good for holders of gold - esp. China and Russia.

China does not need the U.S. as a customer. All gas and oil that China needs, are satisfied by India, Russia, and Venezuela.


15 posted on 10/10/2025 2:55:26 PM PDT by wasmv80
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Trump and Xi Jinping announce they will meet to sort it all out.

Probably. My guess is that Xi is trying to get a better trade deal. So they'll figure out something in a week or two.

16 posted on 10/10/2025 2:56:12 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: GingisK

Tariffs are a ruse.


17 posted on 10/10/2025 2:56:18 PM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
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To: GingisK

Wrong. China eats the tariffs. They did in 2017 and announced the same now.


18 posted on 10/10/2025 2:57:02 PM PDT by Fledermaus ("It turns out all we really needed was a new President!")
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To: HYPOCRACY

Good. China is our foriegn enemy.


19 posted on 10/10/2025 2:57:54 PM PDT by cowboyusa ( YESHUA IS KING OF AMEbRICA AND HE WILL HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE HIM!)
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To: Kazan

In case you’ve missed it, inflation has gone down during Trump’s term despite any tariffs he’s implemented.


That is what I don’t get. For six months, the economic “experts” have all been telling us tariffs will cause widespread inflation. I haven’t seen it. In fact, when it comes to groceries, my costs have been going down.

According to all official reports, inflation has come down since Trump was elected.

Companies seem to be absorbing the costs in order to maintain their market share.


20 posted on 10/10/2025 2:58:28 PM PDT by CFW
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