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A tariff tit-for-tat with US is final thing China wants – however Beijing insists it will not be bullied

By Editorial Board Published March 4, 2025 3 Min Read
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A tariff tit-for-tat with US is final thing China wants – however Beijing insists it will not be bullied

The most recent spherical of the US-China commerce struggle has kicked off.

The US has imposed a tariff of 10% on all items from China. That is on prime of the ten% that was slapped on final month.

In order that’s a 20% obligation in whole since Donald Trump turned president.

Final yr he promised tariffs of as much as 60%, so there could possibly be extra to come back. Beijing is bracing for it.

China hit again quick. It introduced tariffs of between 10% and 15% on US agricultural merchandise together with hen, wheat, corn cotton, sorghum, soybeans, pork, beef, dairy and fruit and greens.

Final month China’s retaliatory tariffs on the US hit crude oil, liquified pure fuel (LNG) and coal. It has additionally banned and restricted the export of essential minerals from China to the US.

The Chinese language authorities can be increasing its listing of US firms that it classifies as “unreliable entities”, placing them on an export management listing.

The tariff tit-for-tat between the world’s two largest economies is gaining momentum.

Throughout spherical one, China stored its cool and retaliated with focused and restricted tariffs.

Now its response is getting stronger, it has accused the US of “shifting the blame”.

The US accuses China of fuelling the American drug disaster by producing the chemical substances used to make fentanyl. China says it is an American-made downside.

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Donald Trump and Xi Jinping in Osaka, Japan, in 2019. Pic: AP

All that is occurring throughout probably the most essential political and financial weeks in China.

The nation’s rubber stamp parliament, the Nationwide Folks’s Congress, meets in Beijing tomorrow.

It units the financial route for China for the yr.

It is already scuffling with a housing and demographic disaster, youth unemployment, and weak shopper spending.

The very last thing Beijing wants is tariffs to take care of as nicely.

However it additionally needs to point out the world it’s a secure and accountable financial accomplice that will not be bullied by the US.

China’s President Xi Jinping and President Trump haven’t spoken since January.

In order the months slip by, the tariffs develop increased.

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