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uniquetechng:
US is China's largest market, more than all you listed combined.

You can only be correct when referring to a single country. I'm talking of a continent here, not an individual nation. Have you heard of the word ASEAN before? North America or US doesn't even come close.

izombie:
Of course you are right but the question now is if you were apple, would rather move your company back to US to serve about 300 million people or stay in china and serve about 1.3 billion people?

Yes, china does have the population. But do you believe that Chinese people don't use iPhone? They still buy their Xioami and other chinese phones. Even when they buy iPhone, it's the knock-off version. They patronize Chinese product rather than Western.

But in America, everyone is using an iPhone. And that money goes back to China to enrich their economy. So can you see? Now There are hundreds of American companies in China doing the same thing.

Even in Nigeria it's the same. All the money we get from Oil goes to importing from China. But China hardly imports from us. We have a huge trade deficit with China but we no get mouth to do anything. They still prefer to buy their stuffs before they buy ours. Americans will buy Nigerian food, buy our oil, damn nearly buy our culture.

Americans are just big spenders like that. But Chinese are more of buying from their own.

Let me even make you understand more, even when it comes to yahoo, which client will you prefer to have? American Client or Chinese client? There goes your answer.

The avg American is a spender. And Nigerians benefit from them a lot. Even people that work remotely online prefer American clients. Never heard anyone saying they got a Chinese client and are happy.

onome25:
CHINA JUST WANT SUFFER THIS TRADE WAR

no country can fight America....
America has so many ways to cripple china economy ......
sipping my kunu here oooooo

Stop the nonsense.... America is enjoying this nonsennse because of so democracy... Can they try if counties are under military rule

SAMTOBIJU:
Apple is in serious trouble and other companies that produce from China or that rely on US for the sales of their goods.....Make the two president pity the business community in their country o

Make Trump pity Americans. What he did is unnecessary and stupid. He can never win this war against china because while China is fighting america, America is fighting the rest of the world. Trump has succeeded in making enemies of countries that have been friends of America for hundreds of years; Canada, Mexico, Britain, EU. Haba Trump. XI can easily run to any of those countries and make business allies of them and succeed. Europe is ready to work closely with China to overcome the pressure from its rift with US. Trump is just a fool, Americans empowered him so I don't care, they should live with it!

obajoey:
Trump imposes tariffs on China, but spared Russia.

Russia is a friend to China, but Trump is befriending Russia while fighting China.

China will soon see Russia as a traitor befriending the enemy.

Trump wants to isolate both countries for easy penetration.

Trump is unpredictable and has no permanent friend.

Dhoneymix:
ISSOKAY

You need wisdom to understand it

onome25:
CHINA JUST WANT SUFFER THIS TRADE WAR

no country can fight America....
America has so many ways to cripple china economy ......
sipping my kunu here oooooo

That was then, if Haewei can suffer with US ban, China na baba. Americans and its business will suffocate too

Trump is as dumb as a spoon, these tariffs will sky rocket inflation

baralatie:
China for make am 105% nau
Dem come go lower

This is in addition to 34% tariff earlier imposed by China

blacksam01:
They produce in china not import them

Are you saying products produced in China will not be taxed.

uniquetechng:
US is their biggest market, so both parties will be affected.

Yes. But one is more dynamic in trade than the other.

Eriokanmi:
Tit for tat. Nice one. Nigeria sef don do dem own. I hope trump won't make America unlivable. It won't be funny if citizens are running out of the country to seek life and living elsewhere cos they can't cope with the crazy bills. My annual subscription of 190usd has increased to 325usd.

Yeah, you are right, no nation is a highland on its own.

China always responds without bragging or any emotional outburst

hyfr:
How will Apple, Pixel and other US Tech giants fare in all of these

Their stocks are plummeting already

richeeyo:
China already restricted all of them ages ago, na still China go suffer am

China has gone far, live in the present.

onome25:
CHINA JUST WANT SUFFER THIS TRADE WAR

no country can fight America....
America has so many ways to cripple china economy ......
sipping my kunu here oooooo

The way it crippled Russia abi

but you want usa visa

DuBLINGreenb:
I’m rooting for China

fineboynl:
You people and trump don't even get it. China price snikers for Nike 10$ a pair the Worth of 200$ a pair. This snikers is sold over 200$ a pair in the US. 190$ remain in US while 10$ came to China.

You don't concludes economy base on that. there a alot of deals going on.

China didn't price shit, it is American companies that set the price and if you've actually spoken with real Americans they would tell you all about corporate greed and how these companies are responsible for the income disparities in America!

AndroBlaze:
If I had known English (and Maths it seems) was your problem, I probably would have not bothered to waste my time replying to your obvious nonsense.

You do not "import to a country" but you "import from a country".

Your screenshot indicates what USA imported from China compared to what it exported (trade balance reported by US), how does that co-relate with your original claim that China was losing 75% of its export market by fighting USA, while USA was only losing 25% by fighting China (also incorrect).

Just take your time and listen to analysts and professionals before you start making up stats to justify your stupid biases.

Or are you now more financially educated than Elon Musk who hates these tariffs and what it is doing to his business?


https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdrgx4ky1xxo

Nice attempt to showcase intelligence but you just successfully made yourself sound foolish! Go back and read what I first wrote and then the subsequent explanation, this is ratio of what each country imports to and fro one another. For every 4 items China exports to the USA, the USA exports one to China, this was the ratio I was referring to not the hogwash you tried to paint!

OkpaNsukkaisBae:
This is in addition to 34% tariff earlier imposed by China

This way lesser than 104% imposed by the USA na

China is a country with balls. Not like these EU countries going to beg and negotiate with Trump.

U must tell ur people to be ready for tough times and that no country will take u for a ride
The world is too big not to find trade partners
To hell with US

LARRYOBRAIN:
Are you saying products produced in China will not be taxed.

Not they will not.... Tarrifs is another name for import duty.... Taxes on locally produced goods are called excise duty...

Trump is very right in his actions... China don't have factories in the US whilst the US is China's biggest international market... But all major us firms are fixed by china through it's tarrifs program to b present in the US...

Two days ago, China's trade minister was begging Chin's biggest brand fashion house "shein" to not relocate from china...

The brand complain that the US is it's second biggest market and drives 40% of it's sales . Even if it doesn't go to the US cuz of cost of production, it will go to nations like Vietnam with low US tarrifs ND low cost of production....

China is just being too wicked to the rest of the world... Only trump has guts to stand up to them

GeneralPula:
Yes..

But won’t the production be affected?

No it won't... China also fears unemployment by it's teeming graduate youths... If u totally chase ppl away who will create the jobs to employ ur billion ppl..?

Yes, China! Stand your ground!

Gerrard59:
Long Live the CCP!

They think this is an African country.

Bring it on!

Exactly! Every right-thinking person would definitely support China.

And it's already clear that America won't survive this self-immolation.

morikee:
Na Apple i dey pity the most

Apple has it's biggest factory in the US not china

AgainstIslam:
We only know the beginning of fight, but where it would end, no one knows.

It will lead to another virus to show power

jayce232:
Yes America is self sufficient
They have more than enough capacity to produce whatever they need. This outsourcing to China was really to help boost China economy when they were having overblown population crises in the 80s. If not for the help of America, there would be no China of today. Today China is now challenging them, this is one reason some people find it hard to empower others.

Ah!!!! America help China? How?

Mrexcell:
The Chinese can't win this trade war it will only make americans to readjust their lifestyles or seek a cheaper alternative to cheaper products elsewhere

Which America would readjust their lifestyle? Maybe you're referring to South America, but not the United States of America This might be the reality maybe in the '40s but not the America of 2025.

By the time the average Joe and Karen cannot get their daily fix of Hot Dog and Kool-Aid, then Trump would know what he has gotten himself into.

hyfr:
How will Apple, Pixel and other US Tech giants fare in all of these

They will be forced to relocate their factories to the USA. And some of their workers in China will also eventually have to relocate too.

Mrexcell:
The Chinese can't win this trade war it will only make americans to readjust their lifestyles or seek a cheaper alternative to cheaper products elsewhere

If say our leaders get sense for Africa, now would have been a great opportunity to reposition for growth. But no, we are still lack basic infrastructures that drive economic growth. We are still fighting bandits and murderous Fulani herdsmen in this age.

ElSudani:
A lot of retailers will fold up in the US. China will feel the pain but the US will suffer.
This is a battle the US cannot win.

Who told u so.... The china market is not that important to the US... It is the US market that is so important to the Chinese....

Both will b affected, but china will need a new dumping ground