America Gets Even: Trump Launches 'Reciprocal Tariffs'

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VDH is on his game here!  Worth reading.

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China Would Lose a 'Trade War' With the US—'Gradually, then Suddenly'

 

No one wants a "trade war" with China, or for that matter with any nation.  Nonetheless, China has been waging one for years and is now locked in a tariff recalibration with the Trump administration.

In this American effort to find trade parity and equity, China can do some short-term damage to the U.S., especially in terms of ceasing exports of some pharmaceuticals, phones, and computers.  But ultimately, it cannot win—and will eventually lose catastrophically.  It will likely accept that reality sooner rather than later.

We are only in the first week of the escalating rhetoric and tariffs.  But already China is appealing to its Asian rivals, Australia, and the EU to join in fighting the supposed American bully.

But so far, there are understandably few takers.

An exasperated China is now also [...]

 

https://amgreatness.com/2025/04/14/china-would-lose-a-trade-war-with-the-us-gradually-then-suddenly/

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Where's the Beef?  It's in Trump's Unprecedented Trade Deal With Britain

 

The first of the cascade of trade and tariff deals expected under the new Trump administration was announced in the Oval Office on Thursday.  The "unprecedented" deal was the first time in decades that American producers will have freer and "streamlined customs" access to the U.K. markets.

The announcement allows the sale of U.S. beef into the U.K. for the first time in decades and ensures an increase in the purchase of Boeing commercial jetliners.

Flanked by Vice President J.D. Vance and on a conference call with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, President Donald Trump announced an agreement "worth billions of dollars" with the U.K. that reconfigures tariff prices on goods, expands the market for American farmers and ranchers, and added a phalanx of Boeing jetliners to that nation's commercial fleet.  The Trump White House called it "a breakthrough" and "a good deal."  [...] 

 

https://pjmedia.com/victoria-taft/2025/05/08/wheres-the-beef-its-in-trumps-trade-deal-with-britain-n4939594

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Weak-in-knees laughing!

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More Winning:  Here's Everything Trump Scored In The China Trade Deal

 

A new U.S.-China trade deal has just been inked by President Trump which promises to reduce tariffs and improve relations between the two nations.  But it also comes with some other perks.

 

Here's everything Trump scored as part of the deal:  [...]

https://babylonbee.com/news/more-winning-heres-everything-trump-scored-in-the-china-trade-deal