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/Deeliciousness 1d ago

It's pretty pathetic that a low-grade grifter was able to co-opt the American government and send it's economy crashing down.

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u/BlackJesus1001 1d ago

It's not like he did it himself, he's pretty much openly taking orders from Russia at this point with their exemption from tariffs and the demands to release marine le pen.

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u/Specialist_Brain841 1d ago

with russias help