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Trump says new tariffs on semiconductor chips coming in ‘very near future’
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Trump says new tariffs on semiconductor chips coming in ‘very near future’

By Leif Le Mahieu | Daily Wire President Donald Trump said Sunday that he would announce new tariffs targeting semiconductors in the next week amid an ongoing trade war with China. While speaking to reporters on board Air Force One, Trump said new tariffs on electronic goods, including semiconductors, were in the pipeline. Semiconductors are used in a wide variety of electronic goods like smartphones and computers. “The tariff will be in place in the not distant future because as you know, like we did with steel, like we did with automobiles, like we did with aluminum, which are now fully on, we’ll be doing that with semiconductors, with chips, and numerous other things. And that will take place in the very near future,” Trump said, adding that the goal was to move semiconductor a...
Desperate China pleads with E.U. to ‘Jointly resist unilateral bullying’ of Trump tariffs
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Desperate China pleads with E.U. to ‘Jointly resist unilateral bullying’ of Trump tariffs

By Simon Kent | Breitbart An increasingly desperate China on Friday pleaded with European Union (E.U.) members to join with Beijing in resisting “unilateral bullying” posed by punitive tariffs introduced by U.S. President Donald Trump. Chinese President Xi Jinping made the call as he met Spanish Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. State news agency Xinhua said Xi had stressed the need for cooperation between the bloc and China in weathering Beijing’s mounting trade war with Washington. It came 24-hours after Australia rejected the same plea from Beijing, as Breitbart London reported. READ THE FULL STORY AT BREITBART
US stocks fall after China slaps 125% tariff on US imports, escalating trade war
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US stocks fall after China slaps 125% tariff on US imports, escalating trade war

By Taylor Herzlich | New York Post US stocks fell on Friday as China struck back at President Trump’s latest tariff with a total 125% tax — further escalating trade tensions between the two nations. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 254 points, or 0.6%, after plummeting 1,014.79 the day before. The index has been on a wild ride over the past week as markets struggle to absorb back-and-forth trade war news, plunging more than 4,000 points after Trump revealed his so-called “reciprocal” tariffs last Wednesday, then recovering more than 1,500 points this week after he announced a 90-day pause on most of his harsher tariffs. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE NEW YORK POST
White House clarifies new China tariff rate of 145%, not 125%
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White House clarifies new China tariff rate of 145%, not 125%

By Christian Datoc | Washington Examiner President Donald Trump is leveraging a 145% tariff rate, higher than previously thought, on Chinese goods, according to White House officials. Trump made headlines and shifted financial markets Thursday by announcing a 90-day pause on his reciprocal tariff agenda for all U.S. trading partners besides China, Canada, and Mexico. Throughout the pause, the administration will seek to broker bilateral agreements with more than 80 trading partners now facing a 10% tariff rate for the next three months. Canada and Mexico will still be subject to a 25% tariff rate for all non-USMCA-compliant goods, but the president bumped China’s tariff rate to 125% after Beijing placed new tariffs on American exports. However, White Hou...
Stocks soar after strong demand in treasury auction and tariff pause
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Stocks soar after strong demand in treasury auction and tariff pause

By John Carney | Breitbart Wall Street surged Wednesday after a blowout 10-year Treasury auction helped calm fears of a financial crisis, delivering a sharp rebuke to doomsayers who predicted foreign investors would flee American assets in protest of President Donald Trump’s trade agenda, and President Trump announced a pause in tariff hikes on some countries. The Dow jumped 5.9 percent, the S&P 500 rose 7.3 percent, and the Nasdaq soared 8.9 percent, capping a dramatic rebound from a week of steep losses triggered by spiking bond yields and escalating global tariffs. The spark? A remarkably strong $39 billion auction of 10-year Treasury notes. The bonds sold at a yield of 4.435 percent, lower than expected, with a significant stop-through—a sign that investors were eager to b...
China strikes back at Trump with immediate 84% tariffs on U.S. goods
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China strikes back at Trump with immediate 84% tariffs on U.S. goods

By Simon Kent | Breitbart China is slapping 84 percent tariffs on U.S. goods from Thursday, ramping the impost up from the 34 percent as previously announced, its finance ministry said on Wednesday. Beijing’s hurried move is just the latest shot in an international trade war sparked by U.S. President Donald Trump as he works to level the playing field for global trade after China’s President Xi Jinping refused to withdraw retaliatory tariffs placed on America, as Breitbart News reported. Last week, Trump announced reciprocal tariffs on countries that have historically imposed high tariffs on the U.S., including China, which faced a 34 percent tariff in addition to existing tariffs on its goods. READ THE FULL STORY AT BREITBART
Trump: ‘Major’ pharmaceutical tariffs coming soon
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Trump: ‘Major’ pharmaceutical tariffs coming soon

By  Ashleigh Fields | The Hill President Trump said Tuesday his administration soon would announce “major” tariffs on pharmaceuticals, adding to the tariffs he has already imposed on most goods entering the United States from abroad. “We’re going to be announcing very shortly a major tariff on pharmaceuticals,” Trump said during a speech at the National Republican Congressional Committee. “And when they hear that, they will leave China. They will leave other places because they have to sell — most of their product is sold here, and they’re going to be opening up their plants all over the place in our country,” he added.  READ THE FULL STORY AT THE HILL
Trump threatens additional 50% tariff on China
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Trump threatens additional 50% tariff on China

By Christian Datoc | Washington Examiner President Donald Trump said Monday that he would impose an additional 50% tariff on all Chinese goods if Beijing doesn’t withdraw retaliatory taxes on United States imports. Beijing responded to the president’s “Liberation Day” announcement last Wednesday with a 34% tariff on U.S. goods slated to take effect this week, which prompted Trump to raise the stakes again Monday morning. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER
Trump to sign EO to keep TikTok running for 75 more days to finalize deal with China
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Trump to sign EO to keep TikTok running for 75 more days to finalize deal with China

By Thomas Stevenson | The Post Millennial President Donald Trump said that he will be signing an executive order that will keep TikTok running for another 75 days in order to finalize a purchase deal with Chinese-based company ByteDance.  Trump posted on Truth Social, "My Administration has been working very hard on a Deal to SAVE TIKTOK, and we have made tremendous progress. The Deal requires more work to ensure all necessary approvals are signed, which is why I am signing an Executive Order to keep TikTok up and running for an additional 75 days." "We hope to continue working in Good Faith with China, who I understand are not very happy about our Reciprocal Tariffs (Necessary for Fair and Balanced Trade between China and the USA!). This proves that Tariffs are th...
Trump says China ‘played it wrong’ with tariff retaliation, vows ‘my policies will never change’ 
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Trump says China ‘played it wrong’ with tariff retaliation, vows ‘my policies will never change’ 

By Diana Glebova | New York Post President Trump stood by his “Liberation Day” reciprocal tariff package Friday after China hit back with a 34% tariff on US goods, promising investors that his “policies will never change.” In a string of all-caps Truth Social posts, the president argued his duties will withstand the test of the markets, which plunged yet again in the first hour of Friday trading. “CHINA PLAYED IT WRONG, THEY PANICKED – THE ONE THING THEY CANNOT AFFORD TO DO!” he wrote. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE NEW YORK POST