US President Donald Trump on Sunday warned of imposing an additional 50 per cent tariff on Chinese imports from April 9, if Beijing does not roll back its retaliatory tariff plans. His remarks, posted on his social media platform Truth Social, come amid heightened trade tensions between the two countries.
In a strongly worded post, Trump wrote, “Yesterday, China issued Retaliatory Tariffs of 34%, on top of their already record setting Tariffs, Non-Monetary Tariffs, Illegal Subsidization of companies, and massive long term Currency Manipulation, despite my warning that any country that Retaliates against the U.S. by issuing additional Tariffs, above and beyond their already existing long term Tariff abuse of our Nation, will be immediately met with new and substantially higher Tariffs, over and above those initially set.”
He added, “Therefore, if China does not withdraw its 34% increase above their already long term trading abuses by tomorrow, April 8th, 2025, the United States will impose ADDITIONAL Tariffs on China of 50%, effective April 9th. Additionally, all talks with China concerning their requested meetings with us will be terminated! Negotiations with other countries, which have also requested meetings, will begin taking place immediately. Thank you for your attention to this matter!”
The warning follows Beijing’s prior announcement that it would impose a 34 per cent reciprocal tariff on all imports from the US beginning April 10. This came in response to Trump’s earlier move to slap a 34 per cent tariff on Chinese goods, a decision widely seen as exacerbating the ongoing trade dispute.
China’s State Council Tariff Commission, in a statement quoted by CNN, said, “This practice of the US is not in line with international trade rules, seriously undermines China’s legitimate rights and interests, and is a typical unilateral bullying practice.”
