Beijing has threatened countermeasures if Washington continues to violate its "rights and interests."

Summary

China has shrugged off the latest U.S. tariff hike, dismissing the Trump administration’s threats as a “meaningless tariff numbers game.”

Donald Trump’s move to impose tariffs “wiped trillions of dollars off Wall Street” and raised duties on foreign goods, claiming to bring back U.S. manufacturing jobs.

A White House fact sheet announced tariffs on some Chinese imports would rise to 245%.

China’s Commerce Ministry said the move “fully exposes the fact that the United States has become irrational” and vowed to see the trade war “through to the very end.”

  • @[email protected]English
    3•3 months ago

    I just realized, since “computers” are exempt, we’re gonna see a lot more products with screens in it for no reason.

    • @[email protected]English
      18•3 months ago

      Unless things have changed in the last couple days, they announced Sunday that they were removing the exemption on computers and electronic devices that was announced last Friday.

      • @[email protected]English
        5•3 months ago

        oh I didn’t know that, thanks for the update!

        so glad to see they thought through their amazing plan before affecting people’s already difficult lives 😃

      • @[email protected]English
        11•3 months ago

        They’re revoking the revocation of the revision of the exemption from last Tuesday with a “truth” posted today. Those who were responsible have sacked those not responsible.

        • Rhaedas
          5•3 months ago

          Monty Python makes more sense than reality. I wish a moose would bite Trump.