See how long it lasts when whiny Americans have to pay more for all their stuff and cry to end the tariffs. We are a consumer nation and the mass consumer will always cry louder than the small in comparison industry being protected. That is why Japanese auto import tariffs failed and were contested by all those Americans with dealerships selling Hondas and Toyotas.
I wish the goals were the betterment of the trade relations but unfortunately, this administration addresses the issues tactically and looks at everything politically. just red meat for his base.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/17/trump-puts-new-tariffs-on-china-as-trade-war-escalates.html Trump will slap 10% tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese goods — and they will go to 25% at year-end
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...tariff-pressure-on-china-with-200-billion-hit China may retaliate in LPG and airplanes. Where the f** k is Congress in all this?
China responds https://www.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idUSKCN1LX2M3 https://www.businessinsider.com/tra...te-to-fresh-trumps-200-billion-tariffs-2018-9 Hopefully they just double duties on farm products and not start hitting US companies producing in China.
] https://www.cnbc.com/2019/06/06/tru...a-could-be-raised-by-another-300-billion.html Trump says tariffs on China could be raised by another $300 billion if necessary "Our talks with China, a lot of interesting things are happening. We'll see what happens ... I could go up another at least $300 billion and I'll do that at the right time," President Donald Trump said Thursday. Negotiations between Beijing and President Donald Trump's administration took a turn for the worse in early May with the increase of tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods exported to the U.S.