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Big business is not worried about the Tariffs, because they know they are here to stay, but they are focused on the BIG, BEAUTIFUL DEAL, which will SUPERCHARGE our Economy,
Trump wrote
Every country is calling us. … ... If we would have asked these countries to do us a favor, they would have said no. Now they will do anything for us,
he told reporters on Air Force One
We should avoid launching a policy of counter-tariffs that could be damaging for everyone and especially for us,
he said, adding
This hurts the vulnerable and the poor,
UNCTAD Secretary General Rebeca Grynspan said in a statementThe trade and tariff war started by the U.S. against the world is unprovoked and unjustified,
he continuedThis practice of the U.S. is not in line with international trade rules, undermines China's legitimate rights and interests, and is a typical unilateral bullying practice."
The Chinese finance ministry said on Friday
THIS IS AN ECONOMIC REVOLUTION, AND WE WILL WIN. HANG TOUGH, it won't be easy, but the end result will be historic. We will, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!
His post concluded
The price hikes that will happen for Maine families—every time they go to the grocery store, they fill their gas tank, they fill their heating oil tank—if these tariffs go into effect will be so harmful. And as price hikes always do, they will hurt those the most who can afford them the least."
Senator Susan Collins, a Maine Republican, said on the Senate floor Wednesday
Their [Asian countries'] growing role in the global economy historically has been seen as an important source of their economic development as well as a foundation for stronger ties with the United States. The Trump administration, instead, sees these countries as aggressors and itself as a victim in these relationships."
Scott Kennedy, senior adviser and trustee chair in Chinese Business and Economics at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), told Newsweek in an email earlier this week
Nebraskans want free trade agreements, not trade animosity."
Representative Don Bacon, a Nebraska Republican, told Newsweek on FridayAlready, more than FIVE TRILLION DOLLARS OF INVESTMENT, and rising fast!"
The president wroteThe Chinese people believe in treating others with sincerity and taking trust as the basis. We do not provoke trouble, but we are not afraid of trouble. Pressure and threats are not the right way to deal with China. China has and will continue to take firm measures to safeguard its sovereignty, security and development interests,
the statement said
But I have been interested to see how there is still lots of resistance to the idea of China as a reliable partner,
said Beddor
Chinese exports into the US are about 2% of its overall economic output, and so Beijing will think that is manageable,
Beddor saidIt is a much bigger problem when Trump’s tariffs create a global downturn. That is a different order of magnitude,
Beddor saidIt’s important to realise that the rest of the G7, except the US, collectively are the same size as the United States. And I would have thought a very sensible thing to be doing is having a serious conversation with the other members about actually lowering trade barriers between ourselves,
he saidAre we supposed to knit our own knickers?”
she asked an audience at the Brookings Institution in the US capitalThe overriding theme is the battle for supremacy between China and the US for global trade dominance,
he saidFor us, the manufacturing profit is very low, so we cannot absorb so much,
Ma told NBC News last week at his factory in the southern Chinese manufacturing hub of Guangzhou
But I would say that things are not looking very good,
Xu, who is based in Beijing, told NBC News in an interview Thursday