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| Published Apr 09, 2025 | Updated Apr 09, 2025
A truck passes by China dhipping containers at the Port of Los Angeles, in Long Beach, Calif. on Sept. 1, 2019. Mark Ralston/AFP via Getty Images
China’s finance ministry has announced an additional 84 percent tariff on all goods imported from the United States, set to take effect on Thursday.
On April 9, the Chinese communist regime said that these rules would be enforced from midday, Beijing time, (12:01 a.m. EDT) on April 10. The 84 percent tariff replaces the previously announced 34 percent tariff.
On April 2, Trump announced a minimum 10 percent tariff on all trading partners, as well as higher levies on about 60 nations identified by the administration as “worst offenders” in trade imbalances with the United States, including an additional 34 percent tariff on China.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during the daily briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on April 8, 2025. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images
President Donald Trump’s 104 percent tariffs on China and higher reciprocal levies on dozens of other nations went into effect at 12:01 a.m.
The White House confirmed that the president would follow through on his threat to impose an additional 50 percent tariff on all Chinese goods entering the United States.
In February, Trump imposed a 10 percent tariff on Beijing over fentanyl. Weeks later, he doubled the import duty to 20 percent. During the long-awaited April 2 “Make America Wealthy Again” event, the president announced a 34 percent reciprocal tariff on all Chinese imports.
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