From the Daily Caller: "China Erupts: Furious Workers Riot As Factories Collapse Under Trump’s Tariffs." The article relates:
Workers throughout China are flooding the streets in revolt as U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs slam the fragile Chinese export economy.
From the cramped streets of Sichuan in the southwest to the cold outskirts of Inner Mongolia in the northeast, furious workers are demanding backpay and protesting mass layoffs as factories shutter under pressure from Trump’s tariffs.
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The wave of unrest follows a brutal plunge in China’s export orders, now at their lowest since the COVID lockdowns. Goldman Sachs estimates up to 16 million Chinese jobs could vanish as Trump’s tariffs bite deeper into the regime’s weak underbelly.
In related news, the Daily Wire reports that "China is quietly exempting numerous U.S. imports from its retaliatory tariff on American goods, a sign that the Chinese economy is taking a hit in the trade war with the Trump administration[.]"
A list circulating among businesses shows that 131 items, including pharmaceuticals and industrial chemicals, are not being slapped by China’s tariff as multiple companies have been able to get the products into China without paying a duty, according to Bloomberg. The unconfirmed list makes up 24% of Chinese imports from the United States, worth around $40 billion.
Nevertheless, the Chinese want the U.S. to abandon its "unilateral" tariffs. Except, they aren't unilateral inasmuch as China imposes steep tariffs and other trade restrictions on American goods. And, in fact, it is "fake news" and "misinformation" to contend that the tariffs Trump has increased or instituted are "unilateral." They are bilateral tariffs made in response to tariffs imposed by our so-called trading partners who have been exploiting the U.S. for decades.
Don't forget currency manipulation.
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