{"id":276866,"date":"2025-04-08T09:48:04","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T09:48:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/08\/what-china-could-do-next-as-trumps-tariff-war-ramps-up\/"},"modified":"2025-04-08T09:48:04","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T09:48:04","slug":"what-china-could-do-next-as-trumps-tariff-war-ramps-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/08\/what-china-could-do-next-as-trumps-tariff-war-ramps-up\/","title":{"rendered":"What China could do next as Trump’s tariff war ramps-up"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The severity cannot be overstated, if an additional 50% tariffs are levied on all Chinese goods it will decimate trade between the world’s two biggest economies.<\/p>\n

Remember, 50% would sit on top of what is already on the table: 34% announced last week<\/a><\/strong>, 20% announced at the start of US President Donald Trump’s<\/a><\/strong> term, and some additional tariffs left over from his first term in office.<\/p>\n

In total, it means all Chinese goods would face tariffs of over 100%, some as high as 120%.<\/p>\n

It’s a price that makes any trade almost impossible.<\/p>\n

China is really the only nation in the world at the moment that is choosing to take a stand.<\/p>\n

While others are publicly making concessions and sending delegations to negotiate, China has clearly calculated that not being seen to be bullied is worth the cost that retaliation will bring.<\/p>\n

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The real question, though, is if the US does indeed impose this extra 50% tomorrow, what could or would China do next?<\/p>\n

It has said it will “fight to the end”<\/a>,<\/strong> but what does that mean?<\/p>\n

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In reality, there are few good options.<\/p>\n

There are some obvious measures that China will almost certainly enact.<\/p>\n

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Further export controls on rare earth minerals (crucial for the development of high-tech products) are one example. China controls a huge proportion of the world’s supply, but the US would likely find workarounds in time.<\/p>\n

Hiking tariffs on high-impact US products such as agricultural goods is another option, but there is only so far this could go.<\/p>\n

The potentially more impactful options have significant drawbacks for Beijing.<\/p>\n

It could, for instance, target high-profile American companies such as Apple and Tesla, but this isn’t ideal at a time when China is trying to attract more foreign investment, and some devaluation of the currency is possible, but it would also come with adverse effects.<\/p>\n

Other options are more political and come with the risk of escalation beyond the economic arena.<\/p>\n

In an opinion piece this morning, the editor of Xinhua, China’s state news agency, speculated that China could cease all cooperation with the US on the war against fentanyl.<\/p>\n

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This has been a major political issue for Mr Trump, and it’s hard to see it would not constitute some sort of red line for him.<\/p>\n

Other options touted include banning the import of American films, or perhaps calling for the Chinese public to boycott all American products.<\/p>\n

Anything like this comes with a sense that the world’s two most powerful superpowers might be teetering on the edge of not just a total economic decoupling, but cultural separation too.<\/p>\n

There is understandably serious nervousness about how that could spiral and the precedent it sets.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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