Tag: China tariff

• Thursday, April 10th 2025 - 10:40 UTC

  Trump lowers huge tariffs for everybody but ups those for China

  

  US President Donald Trump Wednesday announced a 90-day freeze on reciprocal tariffs for most countries, reducing them to a 10% baseline, while raising tariffs on Chinese goods to 125%, effective immediately. The decision followed negotiations with over 75 nations interested in new trade terms, spurred by Trump’s initial tariff announcements last week.

• Tuesday, August 27th 2019 - 08:18 UTC

  Questioned at G7, Trump defends his negotiating style with China: “Sorry it's the way I do it”

  

  Crushing off concerns about global economic instability, US President Donald Trump on Monday defended the way he is trying to squeeze a trade deal out of China, saying it's what worked for him in business.

• Monday, August 26th 2019 - 19:02 UTC

  Trump to hold off from a further tariff escalation in the trade war with China, admits “second thoughts”

  

  President Donald Trump on Sunday denied that his trade war with China is causing friction at the G7 summit, but indicated he will hold off from a threatened further escalation for now. “I think they respect the trade war. It has to happen,” Trump told reporters in Biarritz, France, where he was meeting with other leaders of the G7 group.

• Monday, August 19th 2019 - 22:07 UTC

  Trump admits Apple's CEO “made a good case” on impact of US tariffs on Chinese imports

  

  US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he has spoken with Apple's chief executive Tim Cook about the impact of US tariffs on Chinese imports as well as competition from South Korean company Samsung.

• Saturday, August 3rd 2019 - 07:30 UTC

  China bows to fight back Trump's tariffs: “if they want to fight, then we will fight”

  

  China on Friday vowed to fight back against US President Donald Trump's abrupt decision to slap 10% tariffs on the remaining US$300 billion in Chinese imports, a move that ended a month-long trade truce.

• Friday, March 23rd 2018 - 09:13 UTC

  China announces US$ 3bn target for retaliation in trade dispute with Washington

  

  China announced a US$ 3 billion list of U.S. goods including pork, apples and steel pipe on Friday that it said may be hit with higher tariffs in a spiraling trade dispute with President Donald Trump that companies and investors worry could depress global commerce. The Commerce Ministry urged Washington to negotiate a prompt settlement to the conflict over Trump's tariff hike on steel and aluminum but set no deadline.