Trump Threatens China With Additional 50 Percent Tariff
President Donald Trump threatened China Monday with a 50% additional tariff after the Beijing communist government imposed a 34% retaliatory tariff on U.S. imports. He made the threat in a Truth Social post: “Yesterday, China issued Retaliatory Tariffs of 34%, on top of their already record setting Tariffs, Non-Monetary Tariffs, Illegal Subsidization of companies, and […]
The Insights of Trump’s Tariffs?
“I, Donald J Trump, President of the United States of America, find that underlying conditions, including a lack of reciprocity in our bilateral trade relationships, disparate tariff rates and non-tariff barriers, and U.S. trading partners’ economic policies that suppress domestic wages and consumption, as indicated by large and persistent annual U.S. goods trade deficits, constitute […]
Trump’s Liberation Day Policy: A Path Tarred With Tariffs?
“Jobs and factories will come roaring back into our country, and you see it happening already. We will supercharge our domestic industrial base. We will pry open foreign markets and break down trade barriers.” This was President Trump’s promise to the people of America as he goes on to set off an open trade war […]
China’s Exports to be Hit Hard by US Tariffs: Businesses
Chinese exports look set to take a battering from an escalating tariff war with the United States, business executives and economists say. The United States has imposed tariffs of 20% on Chinese goods since President Donald Trump took office –- 10% last month and a further 10% coming into effect on March 4. “Export volume […]
US Economy on Edge With Uncertainty Over Tariffs
Talk of tariffs combined with fears of inflation sent the U.S. stock market tumbling Monday and again on Tuesday, a day of give and take between U.S. President Donald Trump and the premier of Canada’s most populous province, Ontario’s Doug Ford, on fraught trade relations between the United States and Canada. VOA White House correspondent […]
Six Things that Could Get More Expensive for Americans Under Trump Tariffs
US President Donald Trump has imposed tariffs on Canada and Mexico in a move that threatens to spark a trade war between America and its neighbours. Goods entering the US from Canada and Mexico will now be slapped with a 25% charge. Canada has announced tariffs of its own in response and Mexico has said […]
Tariffs on Mexico, Canada, and China Begin After Failing to Curb Fentanyl Crisis
On Thursday, President Donald Trump announced that a 25% tariff on imports from Mexico and Canada will take effect on Tuesday, alongside an additional 10% tariff on Chinese goods. Trump had previously delayed these tariffs for one month after Mexico and Canada agreed to enhance border security efforts. China, however, already faces a 10% tariff […]
Trump’s Tariffs: Mapping the Economic Ripple Effects
President-elect Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs are poised to significantly impact countries with substantial trade volumes with the United States. The primary nations affected include China, Mexico and Canada, which are among the largest U.S. trading partners. Trump has said that tariffs can help his administration pay for proposed tax cuts. But these tariffs are expected […]
Can China Hit its 5% Growth Target Under Trump’s Tariffs?
The prospect of punishing new U.S. tariffs will hang over the deliberations at China’s highest-level economic meeting when the Central Economic Work Conference of the Chinese Communist Party convenes for its annual session next month. A key function of the meeting will be to set the nation’s growth target for 2025, a task made more […]
Weighing Biden’s China Tariffs
Global risks–including Chinese overcapacity–have increased, but government intervention should seek to minimize trade-offs. It is hard to exaggerate the significance of President Joe Biden’s May 14 announcement of tariff increases on a range of imports from China. The move opens a new front in the Biden administration’s China de-risking strategy. It also puts into sharp […]