. US President Donald Trump has begun to show a double standard towards China.
He has expressed his desire to maintain friendly relations with China, but he has claimed that a 155 percent tariff will be imposed on Chinese goods imported into the United States
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“China is still Russia’s biggest oil importer, so we have to think about that. From November 1, China will have to pay about 155 percent tax on it. “I want to be nice to China, but China has been very harsh on us for years,” he said. Our predecessors failed to show enough understanding on trade, which allowed China and other countries to take advantage of the United States. ”
Trump recalled that he had tariffs-based trade agreements with the European Union (EU), Japan and South Korea, saying they were “related to national security.”TAG_OPEN_div_22 “I signed agreements with the European Union and also with Japan and South Korea. These are all big deals. It’s a matter of national security. I was able to do that because of the customs duty. Now we are raising hundreds of billions of dollars and will start paying off the debt of the country. ”
Trump’s decision reflects Washington’s tough “secondary tariffs” strategy against countries that indirectly support the war in Ukraine through energy trade.TAG_OPEN_div_20 Previous policies targeted India as well. India was imposed a 50 percent tariff on the import of Russian oil. This time, the policy seems to be focused on China. China is now the largest buyer of Russian crude oil.
In an earlier post on Truth Social, Trump announced that an additional 1 TAG_OPEN_div_18 00 percent tariff on Chinese goods would be imposed on November 1. He said the decision came in response to China’s “extraordinarily aggressive and hostile approach to trade” with the United States.
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