Trump Moving Too Fast?

Scott Downey · Apr 8, 2025

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/eus-von-der-leyen-calls-084435248.html

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen called on Tuesday for China to ensure a negotiated solution to problems caused by the sweeping import tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump.

In a phone call with China's Premier Li Qiang, von der Leyen "stressed the responsibility of Europe and China, as two of world's largest markets, to support a strong reformed trading system, free, fair and founded on a level playing field," her office said in a statement.

Both politicians discussed setting up a mechanism to track possible trade diversion caused by the tariffs, von der Leyen's office said, as the EU fears China will redirect cheap exports from the U.S. to Europe.

(This story has been corrected to say that Li Qiang is China's premier, not prime minister, in paragraph 2)

Scott Downey · Apr 8, 2025

Japan tariff talks move to the front of the que

Japan moves to front of queue for tariff talks with US

Optimism in Tokyo’s markets suggests hopes are high for a breakthrough, despite Donald Trump’s rhetoric about Japan treating the US poorly.

www.scmp.com

Japan appears set to get priority in US tariff talks, putting Tokyo at the head of a long queue of countries seeking to roll back US President Donald Trump’s duties, which are scheduled to kick in on Wednesday.
Trump said he had spoken to Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Monday and that “tough but fair parameters are being set” for a negotiation over US reciprocal tariffs.
“He is sending a top team to negotiate! They have treated the US very poorly on Trade. They don’t take our cars, but we take MILLIONS of theirs. Likewise Agriculture, and many other ‘things.’ It all has to change,” Trump posted on social media.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who along with US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer will lead the American side of the negotiations, said: “I would expect that Japan is going to get priority” among trading partners for coming forward very quickly.

The push to hold bilateral trade talks comes as Ishiba convened a full-cabinet meeting on Tuesday morning to discuss the tariffs. Later, his administration selected Economic Revitalisation Minister Ryosei Akazawa to lead Japan’s delegation in the negotiations.

Scott Downey · Apr 8, 2025

From 2016 world tariff chart

Where Tariffs Are Highest And Lowest Around The World [Infographic]

Even though most developed countries have pushed for lower tariffs in recent years, there are still many parts of the world where they remain extremely high. And now President Trump's protectionist policies are threatening to raise them elsewhere.

www.forbes.com

U.S. Tariffs Are Near Global—and Historic—Lows

A map of current tariff rates around the globe.

fortune.com

U.S. tariffs are among the lowest in the world – and in the nation’s history

The Trump administration’s plans to impose $50 billion in tariffs on Chinese imports, as well as tariffs recently placed on imported steel and aluminum and on imports of solar panels and washing machines, mark a distinct break from decades of U.S. trade policy, which long has generally favored...

www.pewresearch.org

Scott Downey · Apr 8, 2025

Scott Downey · Apr 8, 2025

Taiwan drops all tariffs against US

https://x.com/nicksortor/status/1908940353475842225

Taiwan has agreed to drop ALL tariffs on the United States, joining India, Israel, Vietnam, and Cambodia, who also intend to zero out their tariffs Over *50* countries have called to negotiate with Trump so far.

Rockerduck · Apr 8, 2025

Scott Downey said:
Taiwan drops all tariffs against US

https://x.com/nicksortor/status/1908940353475842225

Taiwan has agreed to drop ALL tariffs on the United States, joining India, Israel, Vietnam, and Cambodia, who also intend to zero out their tariffs Over *50* countries have called to negotiate with Trump so far.

Trump is right again. The dominoes are falling. What will the others do if they don't zero their tariffs? Well, they will lose business to other countries. Open trade means competition for goods, which lowers prices. It amazing what one President can do.

Scott Downey · Apr 8, 2025

Rockerduck said:
Trump is right again. The dominoes are falling. What will the others do if they don't zero their tariffs? Well, they will lose business to other countries. Open trade means competition for goods, which lowers prices. It amazing what one President can do.

When a countries government wants to move fast, they can and do. This tariff issue looks to be resolved sooner than lots of people thought.
Although China is a holdout for now on negotiations.

Rockerduck · Apr 8, 2025

Scott Downey said:
When a countries government wants to move fast, they can and do. This tariff issue looks to be resolved sooner than lots of people thought.
Although China is a holdout for now on negotiations.

China has been a protectionist country for a long time, not letting other countries import into China. Patent theft abounds. They make a Chinese copy for themselves and not allow the real thing to be imported. While exporting Chinese copies. With no tariffs, China would have to open up, that might be a deal breaker for them.

Scott Downey · Apr 8, 2025

Rockerduck said:
China has been a protectionist country for a long time, not letting other countries import into China. Patent theft abounds. They make a Chinese copy for themselves and not allow the real thing to be imported. While exporting Chinese copies. With no tariffs, China would have to open up, that might be a deal breaker for them.

I have read Chinese businesses have opened in Vietnam, Cambodia and elsewhere to make products to ship to the US as in these goods are not coming from China.

Wrangler · Apr 8, 2025

Triumph1300 said:
Don't believe everything that guy tells you.
He repeats his lies so often, he starts to believe it himself.

Wrong answer! He gave a number, which you called a lie. I asked what number is true. If you don't know how many world leaders are reaching out to resolve the tariff problem, then you have only hate as the basis to call Trump a liar.

Marvelloustime · Apr 8, 2025

amigo de christo said:
so much for tolerance and judge not correct not .
LOOK at them all now . THE WICKED RISE IN POWER
and all the church can do IS FLEE IN TERROR and SUBMIT TO THE EVIL and their wicked pratices .
THAT IS WHAT LEAVEN DOES . it TAKES OVER
and soon enough it wont just be words against the few who still do correct
and follow the LAMB . ITS GONNA BE ALL OUT war against the last saints standing .
SO MUCH FOR SUCKER FRIENDLY or seeker friendly , IT DESTROYED the churches and evil TOOK OVER .

@amigo de christo

Marvelloustime · Apr 8, 2025

amigo de christo said:
have you had this thought yet .
This one thought .
That this is all coming upon the nations and the world
TO REMIND us of something .
THAT WE SHOULD HAVE TRUSTED IN GOD and not in man .
And due to the fact that many ran to man BUT NOT TO GOD
this is the result .
HOW can a nation survive IF THAT NATION Not only gets worse but even refuses to REPENT to HEED GOD .
The solution is not and wont be found in the poltiical realm .
THE SOLUTION can ONLY BE FOUND IN GOD and people MUST REPENT AND TURN TO HIM NOW .

@amigo de christo

Triumph1300 · Apr 8, 2025

Wrangler said:
then you have only hate as the basis to call Trump a liar.

Sure....the usual "hate card"
It's getting boring.
Come up with a decent reply!
Stop making a god out of that guy.
Stop worshipping him.

Ronald David Bruno · Apr 8, 2025

China refuses to be reasonable, negotiate and in turn added 34% tariff on top of what we were paying - to spite Trump. Xu Jingping is like a rebellious child- lost. So Trump added another 50%, calling his bluff. Looks like we don't have a long time to wean ourselves off Chinese products! We'll just boycott China products and companies will have to find alternate sellers and buyers, but in a long run, or short - screw China!! Besides, they gave us Covid 19, we should not owe them any debt, nor any commerce. Only 16.5% of what Americans buy comes from China so we'll have to shift things around - Walmart and Target certainly does. Yes, prices will go up, job's will be lost; but China will suffer more than us. Fair trade is what we want, China apparently is the greedy one.

Triumph1300 · Apr 8, 2025

In a television interview, Trump’s top trade advisor Peter Navarro described Elon Musk as a “car assembler”, saying his Tesla vehicles - while made in the US - were comprised of components sourced from around the world.

Navarro said he wanted those parts to be manufactured in the US instead.

Musk, who is advising Trump on cutting government spending, hit back on his social media platform, X.

He posted: “Navarro is truly a moron. What he says here is demonstrably false. Tesla has the most American-made cars. Navarro is dumber than a sack of bricks."

The cracks within the administration are getting bigger.
Calling each other "a moron" and a "sack of bricks".

Triumph1300 · Apr 8, 2025

Ronald David Bruno said:
We'll just boycott China products and companies will have to find alternate sellers and buyers, but in a long run, or short - screw China!!

What a dumb statement.
Go ahead close Walmart and many other large stores.
You have no idea what you are talking about.
How arrogant and uneducated.

You probably don't even know where China is located on the worldmap.
Another example of the public school system without having a clue how things work .

Triumph1300 · Apr 8, 2025

Ronald David Bruno said:
China refuses to be reasonable, negotiate and in turn added 34% tariff on top of what we were paying - to spite Trump. Xu Jingping is like a rebellious child- lost. So Trump added another 50%, calling his bluff.

You people don't have a clue how far China is advanced compared to the west.
This whole issue is bizarre and is causing great trouble worldwide.
It will not end very well.

Ronald Nolette · Apr 8, 2025

Hidden In Him said:
Let me start this thread by saying I have always been a Trump supporter where most of his policies were concerned, and I am completely behind things like DOGE and the dismantling of the DEI. But is he making the right move slapping a 25% tariff on foreign made cars and parts? The idea is to make things tougher on foreign producers while rekindling the American automobile industry again. But will it pay off, or will this go down as the one big move Trump made early on that came back to bite Americans really hard? I had a friend who receives prophetic dreams send me word about a month ago that the Lord spoke to him early one morning and said, "Trump is burning America." I just said, "Hmm... Let's hope that means in a good way," but inside I was thinking, "But it doesn't sound like it." Now that I am seeing how fast he is moving on plans like the tariff deal, I'm wondering if it is. As the old saying goes, sometimes good intentions can pave the way to Hell.

Open to opinions of all varieties, but I will state the case of just how destructive this move could actually end up being. And please keep in mind this is not a politically-motivated discussion. I support the man personally, but I never support any human being blindly, nor do I ever just go along with the status quo. Everyone on board the Titanic was convinced they were unsinkable until they started taking on water. I state my biggest concern with the whole thing in Post #3.

Blessings in Christ, and thanks for reading.
Hidden in Him

You have this wrong. Trump is merely slapping on equal tariffs that others slap on America. His goal isn't to start a trade war, but to make trade fair and equal. Over 50 nations are negotiating to reduce tariffs, and the ones who want to fight back with more tariffs will find Trump increasing the level of tariffs on their nations goods. He is moving at a great speed as this should have happened long before our balance of trade was -$2 trillion

Triumph1300 · Apr 8, 2025

Ronald Nolette said:
Over 50 nations are negotiating to reduce tariffs

Name them.
Don't just repeat what the White House tells you.
Don't repeat lies without checking if it is the truth.

amigo de christo · Apr 8, 2025

Let all who name the name of Christ pull out of this political nightmare .
Nebb didnt speak hebrew
but he was allowed to crush Jerusalem flat .
We might wanna all go and reread a lot of that bible and find out THE WHY behind all of that .
Cause I AM SEEING a massive repeat .
I aint even educated on the tariff stuff
but i knew IF YOU slap one on a country , ITS GONNA DO it right back at ya .
Trump wants america so called great again
Russians want RUSSIA great again
AND SO ON and so forth . THIS IS MORE than folks realize
Whatever this world is gonna do its gonna do .
OUR KINGDOM aint of it
we need to get back to preaching CHRIST JESUS and warn these american and western societal churches
TO QUIT SELLING OUT to A LIE FROM THE WHORE
or prepare to meet DESTRUCTION .
I never have spoke the langauage of the chaldeans
BUT we never know if the NEBB up
might be speaking a combo of russian and chinese . All i know is the western nations HAVE FAILED GOD
and WORSE HAVE USED HIS NAME to DECIEVE their own people . WHEN THE JEWS DID THIS
DESTRUCTION CAME UPON THEM ALL . I suggest we return to the bible for some learning
and LETS NOT TRUST IN MEN AT ALL . TRUST IN GOD , IN HIS CHRIST .

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