{"id":5541,"date":"2025-10-16T11:54:01","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T11:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.globaltalenthq.com\/?p=5541"},"modified":"2025-10-20T18:41:54","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T18:41:54","slug":"us-in-trade-war-with-china-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/16\/us-in-trade-war-with-china-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"US in \u2018trade war\u2019 with China \u2013 Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"

The two countries are sparring over Beijing\u2019s rare-earth export controls<\/strong><\/p>\n

The US and China are effectively in a trade war, President Donald Trump has said, while portraying tariffs on Beijing’s imports as vital for national security.<\/p>\n

Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, when asked if a failure to reach a trade deal with China’s Xi Jinping would mean a prolonged trade war, Trump replied: “Well, you’re in one now… We have 100% tariff. If we didn’t have tariffs, we would be exposed as being a nothing… Tariffs are a very important tool for our defense, for our national security.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Commenting on the stand-off with the US, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian reiterated that “tariff wars and trade wars have no winners”<\/em> and called for resolving issues “through consultation on the basis of equality, respect, and mutual benefit.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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Trump last week threatened to impose an additional 100% tariff on Chinese goods starting in November, marking a sharp escalation in tensions following Beijing’s decision to introduce tighter export restrictions on the export of rare-earths.<\/p>\n

While the policy does not explicitly target the US, American high-tech companies are highly dependent on Chinese rare-earth supplies.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, Trump drastically raised the “reciprocal tariffs”<\/em> for China, which in certain cases exceeded 100%, although he later suspended the hike to allow trade talks to proceed, with the pause now extended until November 10. The current baseline tariff for China is now at 10%, although some goods face higher rates.<\/p>\n

The US leader also pressed Beijing to scale back purchases of Russian oil, arguing such flows help finance Moscow’s military. China has dismissed the remarks as “intimidation”<\/em> while Moscow has stressed that sovereign countries have the right to choose their own economic partners.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, in another sign of escalating tensions, Trump announced on Tuesday that the US would stop buying cooking oil from China, casting it as a response to Beijing paring back US soybean purchases.<\/p>\n

However, despite the ongoing back-and-forth, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confirmed earlier this week that Trump and Xi are still scheduled to meet at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in South Korea in late October.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The two countries are sparring over Beijing\u2019s rare-earth export controls The US and China are effectively in a trade war, President Donald Trump has said, while portraying tariffs on Beijing’s imports as vital for national security. Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, when asked if a failure to reach a trade…<\/p>\n

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