r/news • u/johnk317 • 1d ago

China to impose 34% retaliatory tariff on all goods imported from the U.S.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/04/china-to-impose-34percent-retaliatory-tariff-on-all-goods-imported-from-the-us.html?__source=iosappshare%7Ccom.apple.UIKit.activity.CopyToPasteboard
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u/CinemaSideBySides 1d ago

"No, no, no, they're not taxes, they're tariffs, which means everyone else pays for them. Because that makes total and complete sense!"

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u/ThreeHolePunch 1d ago

It's not surprising these idiots don't know that the definition of tariff is a tax on imported goods. Their knowledge of civics and government is inversely proportional to their fear of the other.

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u/SpotNL 1d ago

It's not surprising these idiots don't know that the definition of tariff is a tax on imported goods.

If Trump is their only source of news, it makes sense because he keeps repeating that lie