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Power Clash: The New Tariff Cold War with China

Louis Mbuyu

April 9

President

Donald Trump

United States 🇺🇸

vs

President

Xi Jinping

China 🇨🇳

Donald Trump

Starting today, we’re slapping a baseline 10% tariff on all Chinese goods. No more free rides. If China wants access to our market, they’ll pay for it.

Xi Jinping

In response, China will impose a 15% tariff on U.S. coal and LNG. If the U.S. wants a trade war, we are ready. Let them feel the cost.

Donald Trump

We’re done with being taken advantage of. A 20% tariff on all Chinese imports is now live. We will protect American workers and manufacturing.

Xi Jinping

China will raise tariffs on your chicken, wheat, corn, soybeans. You target our economy, we’ll hit the American farmer where it hurts.

Donald Trump

We’re taking it further — 34% reciprocal tariffs starting now. And if Beijing retaliates again, we’ll push it to 104% without hesitation.

Xi Jinping

China will not be bullied. We are imposing a 125% tariff on U.S. goods and halting exports of rare earths. You want war? We’ll show you economic pain.

Donald Trump

We’re banning fast fashion from China. No more $5 t-shirts from slave labor supply chains. Expect 30% tariffs minimum, and yes, Shein and Temu — we’re looking at you.

Xi Jinping

You target our companies, we’ll block yours. PVH, Illumina, and your tech giants—consider your access cut. And Google? Antitrust investigation just launched.

Donald Trump

Next up: semiconductors. We’re hitting them with levies. We don’t need China to build the future. America will dominate the supply chain again.

Xi Jinping

The U.S. provokes division, but China stands firm. We will double down on tech self-reliance and lead a new economic order free from American interference.