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NutmegYankee

(16,199 posts)
Tue Jul 10, 2018, 07:41 PM Jul 2018

Trump administration threatens China with $200 billion in additional tariffs

Source: USA TODAY

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump fired another shot in an ongoing trade war with China on Tuesday, as his administration released a list of $200 billion in Chinese goods subject to 10% tariffs.

"This is an appropriate response under the authority of Section 301 to obtain the elimination of China’s harmful industrial policies," said U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, claiming that Chinese trade policies represent a national security threat to the United States.

China, which has denied U.S. accusations of unfair trade policies, has retaliated against previous tariffs with levies on U.S. goods, and can be expected to do so again.

The proposed tariff list that President Trump ordered last month ranges from Chinese air conditioners to leather goods.

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/07/10/donald-trump-threatens-china-200-billion-tariffs/773599002/



Next trade war battle!
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Trump administration threatens China with $200 billion in additional tariffs (Original Post) NutmegYankee Jul 2018 OP
If Ivanka is still exempt greymattermom Jul 2018 #1
Ivanka is "special" She's a republican, and they are exempt from all responsibility Achilleaze Jul 2018 #2
She's "feckless" Liberalagogo Jul 2018 #3
If "feck" has anything to do with... SergeStorms Jul 2018 #6
I was referring too Samatha Bee's remark. Liberalagogo Jul 2018 #8
I know. SergeStorms Jul 2018 #9
Your response says differently. Liberalagogo Jul 2018 #10
Really? SergeStorms Jul 2018 #11
Whatever you sad pOS Liberalagogo Jul 2018 #12
Still no tariffs on embroidered headwear? jmowreader Jul 2018 #4
Trump is psychologically compelled to fight. TryLogic Jul 2018 #5
China 'shocked' by US actions in trade dispute muriel_volestrangler Jul 2018 #7

SergeStorms

(19,192 posts)
6. If "feck" has anything to do with...
Wed Jul 11, 2018, 01:18 AM
Jul 2018

Botox, collagen, or plastic surgery, she most certainly IS NOT "feckless". She's so full of feck it's coming out of her ears (if you could see her ears, that is). She's fecking ridiculous!

jmowreader

(50,546 posts)
4. Still no tariffs on embroidered headwear?
Tue Jul 10, 2018, 08:00 PM
Jul 2018

Also, if he was going to put a tariff on anything it would be flags...but he doesn't seem interested in that.

TryLogic

(1,722 posts)
5. Trump is psychologically compelled to fight.
Tue Jul 10, 2018, 08:15 PM
Jul 2018

He has said he likes to fight... about anything. That is obvious.

We have observed over and over that if there is not something readily available to fight about he will create something.

He is very dangerous because he is not well, he is not emotionally/psychologically healthy. AND as president he has cataclysmic power.

Republican politicians who protect and defend him are unbelievably irresponsible.

muriel_volestrangler

(101,295 posts)
7. China 'shocked' by US actions in trade dispute
Wed Jul 11, 2018, 07:06 AM
Jul 2018
Beijing described Washington's latest threat as "totally unacceptable," saying it would harm the world.

"The behaviour of the US is hurting China, hurting the world and hurting itself," a spokesperson for China's commerce ministry said in a statement.

The spokesperson also said the government would have to take the "necessary counter-measures".

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-44789827
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