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Trump triples tariffs to 90% on small parcels from mainland China, Hong Kong

New rate on packages priced up to US$800 will be 90 per cent of their value, or US$75, up from the original levy of 30 per cent, or US$25

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EU targets Trump’s red states with tariffs on US trucks, cigarettes and ice cream
European trade officials sure know how to have fun.

April 9, 2025 4:15 am CET
By Giovanna Coi, Paroma Soni and Camille Gijs

The EU’s response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to impose so-called reciprocal tariffs on all of America’s trading partners may be less aggressive than expected, but it does show some creativity in its bid to hit the U.S. where it will hurt the most.

According to an internal document seen by POLITICO, the Commission is considering slapping tariffs of up to 25 percent on a broad range of exports from the U.S. worth around €22.1 billion based on the EU’s 2024 imports.

The list features run-of-the-mill agricultural and industrial commodities such as soybeans, meat, tobacco, iron, steel and aluminum — to hit the American sectors that rely most on transatlantic exports.

Dig deeper, and it turns out the EU’s trade nerds have stirred some unaccustomed creativity into their expert knowledge of obscure customs codes, while channeling a helping of passive aggression to inflict pain on Trump’s base.

EU countries are set to vote on the new duties on Wednesday, with no major opposition expected.

Once they’ve approved the list (which is technically made up of multiple lists), the first set of tariffs on goods such as cranberries or orange juice, which the EU initially imposed in 2018 during the first Trump presidency but suspended in 2021, will take effect on April 15.

A 25 percent duty will then kick in from May 16 on a second batch of imported items such as steel, meat, white chocolate and polyethylene. Finally, a 25 percent duty on almonds and soybeans will take effect Dec. 1. (Leave it to the Commission to build some suspense.)

Overall, EU duties are set to hit up to $13.5 billion worth of exports from red states, according to POLITICO's analysis of 2024 trade data.

Let’s start with the EU’s No. 1 target — soybeans, the most valuable item on the bloc’s hit list, a product whose economic and symbolic significance for the Republican Party's heartlands cannot be overstated.

The U.S. is the world’s second-largest soybean producer and exporter, and the EU tariffs would hit a sector already battered by China’s retaliatory measures, rising global competition and falling prices. That's not all: 82.5 percent of American soybean exports to the EU come from Louisiana, the home state of House Speaker Mike Johnson.

Unsurprisingly, U.S. soybean producers slammed Trump’s commercial belligerence last month, arguing that “tariffs are not something to be taken lightly” and urging the administration to “reconsider tariffs [against Canada, Mexico and China] and potential upcoming tariffs.” So far, however, the U.S. president has signaled that he was “not looking at” pausing the new tariffs.

The EU is also targeting beef from Kansas and Nebraska, poultry from Louisiana, car parts from Michigan, cigarettes from Florida, and wood products from North Carolina, Georgia and Alabama.

While the Commission ended up dropping whiskey from the final draft after successful lobbying from France, Italy and Ireland, it did include other more niche items designed to cause the greatest pain to exporters in Republican states.

These include (but are not limited to) ice cream from Arizona, handkerchiefs from South Carolina, electric blankets from Alabama, ties and bow ties from Florida (unless they’re made of silk, which Democratic California will be more than happy to provide), and washing machines from Wisconsin.

Pasta from Florida and South Carolina will also face some tariff heat, though Italy will likely be delighted to fill the market gap.

Finally, women’s negligées from Ohio and Kentucky, a fan favorite from the Commission’s first proposal, made the final cut; so did men’s undergarments, although they are mostly found in blue states.

Zooming back
The trade war unleashed by Trump comes with a hefty price for Washington, as Canada and China have responded to the U.S. president’s deluge of duties with their own counter tariffs.

Overall, retaliatory measures imposed by China, Canada and the EU will hit nearly $90 billion of American exports.

Beijing has mainly targeted U.S. produce, slapping a 15 percent duty on commodities like chicken, wheat and corn along with 10 percent on soybeans, meat, fruit and other farm exports. Canada, meanwhile, has imposed two sets of tariffs — 25 percent on a range of agrifood products, and another 25 percent on steel and aluminum products.

For its part, Brussels has experimented with a carrot-and-stick approach to signal it won’t bow to Trump’s demands while leaving the door open to negotiations. On Monday the bloc offered a “zero-for-zero” tariff scheme on industrial goods covering cars, drugs, chemicals, plastics and machinery among other things.

Trump, however, said the offer fell short and urged EU countries to buy $350 billion worth of American energy products to make the trade deficit “disappear … in one week.”

As a last resort, the bloc could wield its “trade bazooka” to hit U.S. services, which would take the trade war to a whole new level — something not all EU countries are ready to do just yet.

https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-tari ... an-states/

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China retaliates against Trump with total 84 percent tariff on US goods
The world’s two largest economies send tariffs spiraling in unprecedented trade war escalation.

April 9, 2025 2:02 pm CET
By Camille Gijs
The Chinese finance ministry announced on Wednesday it will impose another 50 percent tariff on all goods coming from the United States, after Washington’s sweeping 104 percent tariff on Chinese goods took effect.

“The U.S.’s practice of escalating tariffs on China is a mistake on top of a mistake, which seriously infringes on China’s legitimate rights and interests,” the ministry said in a statement, stressing the move was “adding insult to injury.”

Trade tensions have soared between Beijing and Washington in recent weeks over tit-for-tat tariff escalations triggered by protectionist U.S. President Donald Trump.

U.S. tariffs on Chinese imports had been set to increase by 34 percent on Wednesday as part of Trump’s universal tariffs. But Trump added another 50 percent Tuesday after China did not roll back its own 34 percent retaliatory tariffs. In practice, China is adding another 50 percent on a pre-existing 34 percent tariff, bringing the total to 84 percent. That levy will kick in on Thursday.

“If the U.S. decides not to care about the interests of the U.S. itself, China and the rest of the world, and is determined to fight a tariff and trade war, China’s response will continue to the end,” Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Lin Jian told reporters Wednesday.

On top of the new duties, China also added 18 companies to its unreliable entity list, as well as its dual-use export control list, essentially imposing new restrictions on them.

China on Tuesday became the first country to challenge Trump’s universal tariffs at the World Trade Organization.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, speaking on Fox Business, regretted China’s response as “unfortunate.” Before China’s response, Trump said that global leaders were willing to do anything to make a trade deal with him as American tariffs come into force.

The EU meanwhile agreed to its own retaliation against Trump’s steel and aluminum tariffs, imposing a 10 to 25 percent tariff on around €22 billion of U.S. products like soybeans, motorcycles and orange juice after the bloc’s 27 countries approved the measures on Wednesday.

Phelim Kine contributed to this report.

This story has been updated.

https://www.politico.eu/article/china-r ... war-salvo/

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[Túlio]

Para entender o que está acontecendo em uma imagem e a posição da China em outra:






Observem que o chamado "índice do medo" já está próximo do auge da FRAUDEMIA e, portanto, não muito distante de 2008; como as coisas continuam escalando, só o que tenho a lamentar é que não havia VIX em 1929 ou na derrocada do SESTÉRCIO!


E a URSSE metendo sanção nos EUA?

Tem cara de que um certo passarinho vai nadar no lago deles...

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[Túlio]

O mais divertido é que aqui a coisa também anda doida mas é uma doideira "boa", tipo após subir até os 6,05, o par USDBRL despencou para 5,90; o IBOV, após ir dar um passeio na casa dos 123k, se recuperou e voltou para cima dos 128, já chegando nos 129k.

Tem muita turbulência pela frente ainda.

[Túlio]

Sei não, tanta gente passando pano me dá a impressão de que o Zé peidou com força na farofa: foi ele fazer esse anúncio esquisito e os índices dispararam feito foguetes, acho que nem o fã número um dele, o @cabeça de martelo, consegue achar algum texto pronto lá no MINIVER que defenda um troço desses...

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Bom, espero que o nosso governo muito poderoso e humilde não queira assumir o protagonismo nessa briga e que os YT especializados em Defesa não soltem listas e mais listas de equipamentos militares que o Brasil precisa ter para enfrentar tudo isso, tipo 100 fragatas, 1.000 caças de 6ª geração, 50431234321 ICBMs etc "porque se o Brasil quer ser ele tem que ter" e blá blá blá.

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