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For US manufacturers, when they import intermediate materials or products from China, the costs of those products will increase, and the price increase will be transmitted along the layers of the supply chain. US consumers could face price inflation on certain products of over 10 percent,
Zhou said
As trade barriers, tariffs can also cause domestic industries to become less competitive,
Fullerton saidThe unilateral imposition of tariffs by the US seriously violates the rules of the WTO. We urge the US to objectively and rationally view and handle its own fentanyl and other issues, rather than resorting to tariff threats against other countries,
the ministry said in a statementChina urges the US to correct its wrong practices, maintain the hard-won progress of China-US drug control cooperation, and promote stable, healthy and sustainable development of China-US relations,
the Foreign Ministry said in the statementLeaving China aside, Mr. Trump’s justification for this economic assault on the neighbors makes no sense,
the WSJ board wrote
Mr. Trump sometimes sounds as if the US shouldn’t import anything at all, that America can be a perfectly closed economy making everything at home
The WSJ board wroteThe “Tariff Lobby,” headed by the Globalist, and always wrong, Wall Street Journal, is working hard to justify Countries like Canada, Mexico, China, and too many others to name, continue the decades long RIPOFF OF AMERICA, both with regard to TRADE, CRIME, AND POISONOUS DRUGS that are allowed to so freely flow into AMERICA,
Trump wrote Sunday morning on Truth SocialWe allow them to take lumber
Last month, Trump said of Canada specificallyThe UAW supports aggressive tariff action to protect American manufacturing jobs as a good first step to undoing decades of anti-worker trade policy,
Fain said in the statement
Here’s the thing about Donald Trump’s erratic tariff policy: Trump isn’t going to make corporate billionaires pay for these tariffs — working families and small businesses will,
Martin saidThe U.S. has levied a 10-percent additional tariff on Chinese imports under the pretext of the fentanyl issue. China firmly deplores and opposes this move and will take necessary countermeasures to defend its legitimate rights and interests."
China's Foreign Ministry in a statement published on Sunday
Fentanyl is an issue for the U.S.,
the ministry added
The Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall assess the unlawful migration and fentanyl flows from Canada, Mexico, the PRC [People's Republic of China], and any other relevant jurisdictions and recommend appropriate trade and national security measures to resolve that emergency."
President Donald Trump's "America First" trade policy, published on January 20, 2025, statesYou’re worried about car prices. Wait till Trump’s Canada tariffs raise your car prices,
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He should look after the US and leave China to us,
a gruff middle-aged man said of Trump, before wandering off in the direction of a raucous temple fair
China doesn't really care too much about the (trade) barriers, because we have already prepared for them,
Xu Yiming, a private equity professional, told AFP outside a busy downtown shopping mallAt the same time, China may also see this as an opportunity to divide US allies and build closer relationships with other countries,
he told AFPI don't think China needs to take action, such as exchange rate depreciation, to offset (the impact),
he addedIn the end, it's everyday people who bear the brunt of tariffs,
he saidI think this is just the beginning. We will have to wait and see if the US will raise tariffs on China further down the road,
he said