White House says 104% tariff on China will take effect Wednesday

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Source: CBS News

Updated on: April 8, 2025 / 2:39 PM EDT


The U.S. will impose a 104% tariff on China beginning at 12:01 a.m. EST Wednesday, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a briefing Tuesday. Starting tomorrow, the White House will begin collecting steep levies on imported goods from China, as President Trump follows through on a threat issued against Beijing on Truth Social Monday.

Mr. Trump on Monday threatened to slap an additional 50% tariff on imports from China after the nation said it would impose a 34% import fee on American products. China's retaliatory move came after Mr. Trump said China would face a 34% tariff on all goods imported to the U.S., a rate tailored specifically to China.

Mr. Trump also said in his Truth Social post that the U.S. would cease all negotiations with China, while proceeding with trade talks with other nations. China's commerce ministry on Tuesday asserted that Beijing would "fight to the end" and take countermeasures against the U.S. if Mr. Trump did not walk back his latest threat.

In the press briefing Tuesday, Leavitt said retaliatory tariffs on roughly 90 countries were designed to open negotiations with the U.S.'s trade partners. "To countries around the world, bring us your best offers and he will listen," Leavitt said of Mr. Trump. "Deals will only be made if they benefit American workers."

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April 8, 2025 / 2:15 PM EDT


The U.S. will impose a 104% tariff on China beginning at 12:01 a.m. EST Wednesday, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a briefing Tuesday.

Starting tomorrow, the White House will begin collecting steep levies on imported goods from China, as President Trump follows through on a threat issued on Truth Social Monday.

Mr. Trump threatened an additional 50% tariff on imports from China after the nation retaliated against the U.S. with a 34% import fee on American products. China's retaliatory move came after Mr. Trump said China would face a 34% tariff on all goods imported to the U.S., a rate tailored specifically to China.

China's commerce ministry on Tuesday asserted that Beijing would "fight to the end" and take countermeasures against the U.S. if the president did not back away from his latest threat.

— This is a developing story and will be updated.

[Torchlight]

1. White House asserts holding breath until blue in the face

is a viable and effective negotiating tool. Meanwhile, Mr. trump's major wardrobe contractor, Huggies, asks for additional tariff exemptions to better meet his expected demands.

[Traildogbob]

2. How is

This Tariff Jiiina war gonna affect all those Patents the Princess acquired? Her and Jared can not live on Saudi cash alone.

[brush]

6. Oh, they can live off Saudi and Yemeni BILLIONS all right.

We're talking billions not mere 100Ks.

[Traildogbob]

9. Fully aware

My post was all

[brush]

39. Got you.

[underpants]

3. Are they just throwing out numbers now?

Sounds like he’s arguing with himself

This is beyond just being funny.

[hadEnuf]

20. Time for the 25th Amendment doncha think you Republican assholes?

This guy is nuts.

[underpants]

21. He brought up the "bowling ball test" nonsense again today

Almost exactly seven years ago, Trump appeared at a fundraiser and described gimmicks that, according to the president, Japan used to deny U.S. auto companies access to its consumers.

“It’s called ‘the bowling ball test,’” the president said. “Do you know what that is? That’s where they take a bowling ball from 20 feet up in the air and they drop it on the hood of the car. And if the hood dents, then the car doesn’t qualify. Well, guess what, the roof dented a little bit, and they said, ‘Nope, this car doesn’t qualify.’ It’s horrible, the way we’re treated. It’s horrible.”

Soon after, when reporters asked the White House what in the world he was talking about, then-press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said, “Obviously, he’s joking.”


https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-cars-bowling-balls-japanese-imports-rcna200221

[hadEnuf]

23. He belongs in an asylum.

And he needs a bowling ball test. But he's so thick I doubt it would phase him.

[underpants]

24. 🎳

[Maeve]

37. Bingo!!

[aeromanKC]

4. Awesome!! Bring it!!

I'm enjoying watching other countries give tangerine toddler the middle finger!!

[ImNotGod]

5. Let the games begin! The US is the minor league team playing a National team who owns the football and the stadium. nt

[Xipe Totec]

12. And deflated the ball. nt

[Watchfoxheadexplodes]

31. And the referee

Looks like China is going for the concession also.

[Lovie777]

7. WTF is this?.................

can shithole musk republican nightmares end.

[LudwigPastorius]

8. Welcome back my friends to the shit-show that never ends

We're so glad you could attend,
come inside, come inside

[Xipe Totec]

15. Love me some EL&P! nt

[Clouds Passing]

36. Next upon the stand

Will you please extend a hand
To Alexander's Ragtime Band
Dixieland, Dixieland 2.0

[ananda]

10. Boyhidey, yeah, that'll show them!

Wheee!

[Buddyzbuddy]

11. Wow! And we were worried about tomatoes and avocados.

[SergeStorms]

13. Wait until the MAGAts.........

get a load of the coming prices at Walmart!

I'm not one to revel in the suffering of others, but in this case I'll make an exception.

[SunSeeker]

14. And that tanked the the brief rally on Wall Street. Dow's below 38,000...

And dropping.

[twodogsbarking]

16. Racist bastard increases tariffs. New headline.

[twodogsbarking]

17. Party like it's 1929

[Hope22]

18. Expect China to call our loans...

Someone needs to stop TSF! Everyone in the world is tired of his $#it!

[jmowreader]

19. Apparently taking down Big Lots wasn't enough for him

Now he wants Walmart and Target too.

[hadEnuf]

22. The stock markets rallied a bit, earlier today

and now Trump pulls this.

There is little question left that he is purposely trying to tank the markets.

[BumRushDaShow]

25. Dow, S&P, NASDAQ closed down

Dow -320
NASDAQ -335
S&P -79

[hadEnuf]

34. Yup, as soon as he announced this latest nonsense it started going down again.

[intrepidity]

26. Won't Amazon win big from this?

Assuming they collect a percentage of sales from sellers?

[BumRushDaShow]

28. That's only if importers are willing to front the money to pay the tariff

The smaller ones would probably sit it out (and the items will be "Currently unavailable" on Amazon).

[OverBurn]

27. Who's going to stop the mad King? Hopefully mother nature, the worthless repukes aren't going to.

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Die motherfuker, DIE!

[Norrrm]

29. Are there tariffs on Trump family products? Have they brought the manufacturing back to America?

[stillcool]

30. I thought all their products...not that there's

much are made in China. They don't 'make' anything. They slap the Trump name on something...like a building, for a price.

[sinkingfeeling]

32. Can Walmart and the dollar stores stay in business or will TSF's stupidity

take them down?

[Girard442]

33. Hey Elon. Wanna go down in history as a hero?

And I don't know why I said that.

[Clouds Passing]

35. So dumpyco is starting a war with China. I hope they take back those election machine patents they

awarded ivanka

[moniss]

38. Extortion plain and simple. nt