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It’s interesting to note that the average US MFN tariff on Chinese goods coming into the United States is 2%, whereas the average Chinese MFN tariff on US goods going into China is 35% Is that reciprocal in terms of jobs? This is the biggest and crulest hoax of all. The China trade supports 170,000 jobs in the United States. 170,000 jobs. Whereas our imports from China support 10 million jobs at least. The fact is that that US China trade is a job loser so my eyes are correct.

World leaders across the globe are reacting to President Donald Trump’s "Liberation Day" tariff announcements, with some expressing disappointment and others making threats. On Wednesday, the president announced a baseline tariff of 10% on imports, in addition to reciprocal tariffs based on what each nation imposes on U.S. goods. Trump believes these tariffs will incentivize foreign investment in the U.S. and spur domestic job growth. While several U.S. allies articulated their frustration with the tariffs, they also expressed a lack of interest in launching trade wars. Many called for negotiations with the U.S. for new trade agreements. European Commission President...

Trump's reciprocal tariffs aim to address what the Trump administration views as persistent and unfair trade imbalances, targeting specifically the 'Dirty 15,' a group of nations including China, Canada, Mexico, Japan, Germany, and India, among others. Countries such as Canada and Mexico have already voiced their readiness to counteract, while India, Japan, and China seek diplomatic routes to soften the blow and protect their economic interests.

Every time Donald Trump has mentioned his plan to levy massive tariffs on imports into the US, there has been a widespread assumption that they will be delayed, watered down or rowed back. Today, he will reveal in the White House Rose Garden not just how serious he is about "the most beautiful word in the dictionary", but effectively call time on decades of economic globalisation. And it is still possible that he will do this by launching the equivalent of a salvo of ballistic missiles into the global trading system, with a universal tariff on all imports into the...

President Donald Trump is expected to impose tariffs on a bunch of U.S. trading partners on Wednesday as part of his "liberation day" event. The White House on Tuesday said the president would reveal even broader tariffs than he has already indicated during an event on Wednesday afternoon in the White House Rose Garden. He has already teased tariffs on Canada, China and Mexico. The president first announced tariffs on the three countries earlier this year, but delayed imposing them until April 2. Here is a list of the tariffs that are currently expected to take effect on Wednesday: Auto...

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick declared during a cabinet meeting on Monday that April 4, when tariffs are planned to go into effect, "American Liberation Day," when the new "External Revenue Service" will begin collecting income for the U.S. government. LUTNICK: What is so exciting is April 2nd is just around the corner, and that's American Liberation Day. That's the day when the rest of the world starts to treat America with respect. And your leadership, understanding how the rest of the world treats us and what balance and what fair trade finally is going to be is going to take...

President George Washington took the very first oath of office as the nation’s Commander-in-Chief on April 27, 1789, and since then, America’s inaugural ceremonies have grown, evolved, and rolled with the punches. On Friday, President Donald Trump announced that his inaugural ceremony on January 20, 2025, would be moved indoors to the Capitol Rotunda, due to harsh Arctic weather and parallel concerns about the safety of all attending the celebration. He wrote, “The various Dignitaries and Guests will be brought into the Capitol. This will be a very beautiful experience for all, and especially for the large TV audience!” While...

Today is the anniversary of the day in 49 B.C. when Julius Caesar - noting, Iacta alea esto ("The die is cast") - crossed the Rubicon River with his legions to march on Rome in defiance of both the Senate and Roman law, which forbade any general from crossing the Rubicon and entering Italy proper with a standing army. To do so was treason. This tiny stream would reveal Caesar's intentions and mark the point of no return. Born around 100 B.C. into one of the oldest patrician families of the republic, Caesar began his political career as a member...

April 25 is Liberation Day (Festa della Liberazione) in Italy, a national holiday in observance of the liberation of Italy from the Nazis and Fascists. It is a day that honors the memory of the Italian resistance, as well as American and other allied soldiers who died to prevent the light of freedom, which exists in all Italians, from being extinguished by the National Socialist Third Reich and Mussolini's neo-Roman Empire. To this day, we Italians are grateful to the Americans whose contribution to our freedom is evinced by those still buried in our land, albeit forgotten by their family...

Friday, March 21, 2008 Happy Liberation Day, Iraq Exclusive: Melanie Morgan pounds 'peace' protesters whose violence knows no end By Melanie Morgan I headed to Berkeley first thing Wednesday morning. Thousands of anti-war agitators promised to shut down cities on this anniversary of America's campaign to liberate Iraq and fight radical Muslims who want to cut our throats here at home. I was pleased to see a strong presence of Berkeley police standing in front of the Marine recruiting center that "peace" activists have attacked at the urging of the Berkeley City Council. I would have been happier if U.S....

Today May 5th the Netherlands celebrate Liberation Day, marking the surrender of German forces in 1945. Here a little about the history of the liberation of the Netherlands by the Allied forces. 1939: After the invasion of Poland, the Netherlands hopes to stay out of a war by remaining neutral like in WO I. - May 10 1940: the German army invades, without a declaration of war, Belgium, Luxemburg and the Netherlands. - May 13 1940: after 3 days of fighting the German army faces fierce resistance in Rotterdam and at Kornwerderzand. The original invasionplan was to take the country...

About 5,000 protesters burned the North Korean flag, defaced images of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, and called for North Korea to stop its suspected development of a nuclear arsenal. An image of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il is printed on a commemorative postage stamp issued to mark the 50th anniversary of the Korean War truce in Pyongyang. North Korea celebrates July 27 as the 'Day of Victory in the Great Fatherland Liberation War.' North Korean missiles on display during a military parade in Pyongyang. Former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright (L) shakes hands with North Korean leader...

The Netherlands is celebrating Liberation Day today with festivals, concerts and remembrance ceremonies all around the country. The theme of this year's celebrations is "Freedom is Not For Sale". Official celebrations began with a service this morning in the St Bavokerk in Haarlem. Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende was one of the speakers at the service. In his address, Mr Balkenende refered to a famous speech made by former US president Franklin Roosevelt linking a life free of fear and hunger with freedom of speech and religion. In the city of Wageningen, around four thousand veterans took part in the...

Roosevelt crew sleeps to shift to night operations By GEORGE JAHN, Associated Press © March 19, 2003 Last updated 10:45 AM Mar. 19 ABOARD THE THEODORE ROOSEVELT -- War preparations are in full swing aboard the carrier Theodore Roosevelt -- most of the crew is asleep. Combat pilots and most of crew aboard the Norfolk-based aircraft carrier were ordered to snooze through the day Wednesday so they could shift to night operations. The other carrier in the eastern Mediterranean, the Norfolk-based Harry S. Truman, will stay on day duty -- thus providing round-the-clock combat capability. Some sailors on the Roosevelt...