China raises its retaliatory tariff on US goods from 34% to 84% (www.lemonde.fr)

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China's Finance Ministry announced that, in reponse to US tariffs on imported Chinese goods being raised to 104%, it would raise its own tariffs on American products, effective Thursday, April 10.

China's Finance Ministry announced on Wednesday, April 9, that it was imposing additional tariffs on American products, increasing them "from 34% to 84%," in an additional countermeasure to a further increase in US tariffs on imported Chinese products, announced by Donald Trump on Tuesday. On Wednesday, Trump's total 104% tariff rate on Chinese exports to the US went into effect.

"The US's practice of raising tariffs on China is a mistake on top of a mistake, which seriously infringes on China's legitimate rights and interests and seriously harms the rules of the multilateral trading system," the ministry announced in a statement. It added that the increase would take effect from 12:01 pm on Thursday, April 10.

Last week, China had said it would levy 34% tariffs on all US goods in response to Trump's announcement of tariffs on countries around the world.

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[-] misk@sopuli.xyz 32 points 3 months ago

Going by game theory the most successful tactic in general is responding to escalation but not matching or exceeding it. It signals will to deescalate. China has other tools to put pressure on the US too (selling US debt).

[-] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 19 points 3 months ago

Doesn't China own a lot of USA assets that it could sell and cause all manner of mayhem with?

Seems to me that the USA is about to find out what it means to antagonise a country that isn't known for blinking.

[-] bluGill@fedia.io 7 points 3 months ago

China has been antagonising the world for a long time.

The rest of Trump's actions make no sense, but the world needs to cut China off anyway

[-] SkyNTP@lemmy.ml 11 points 3 months ago

The US cutting off the rest of the world first does the exact opposite of this. No matter how big the US is, there's not a chance in hell the US can both compete with China and antagonize the rest of the world at the same time. This is pure fantasy.

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