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Re: Trump lowers reciprocal tariffs for 90 days, imposes 125% on China goods by udemzyudex(m): 10:42pm On Apr 09, 2025
Russia is already facing lots of sanctions, so you guys should rest with the no tarrifs on Russia.
Re: Trump lowers reciprocal tariffs for 90 days, imposes 125% on China goods by grandstar(m): 10:42pm On Apr 09, 2025
Trump loves to play God.

He sees other countries as peasants who should come begging at the feet of the Czar of the United States.

Canada gave him the middle finger and China now.

Stop bossing people around. Those tariffs cause far more harm to the US than China.

The main beneficiaries of cheap Chinese goods aren't the Chinese but US companies.

A product they buy for $1 in China may resell at $10 in the US. The fastest way to destroy your economy is to destroy the supply chain. That's what dumb Trump is doing.
Re: Trump lowers reciprocal tariffs for 90 days, imposes 125% on China goods by udemzyudex(m): 10:44pm On Apr 09, 2025
Warmaterial:
Trump just dey do anyhow, u no fit bend china. The only two countries that cannot be bullied are Russia and china, anyhow u wantam dem go give u.
You know nothing, na China dey try form boss in the end the economy go Just suffer for nothing.
Re: Trump lowers reciprocal tariffs for 90 days, imposes 125% on China goods by Uchesis: 10:48pm On Apr 09, 2025
foleskay:
grin
I like when a country is powerful and also brags with it. Trump is just like a lion king in the pride,he knows he's the most powerful and so commands respect from the whole pride,and banishes any dissenting lion from the pride, like the case of young male lions who are usually exiled from the pride when they re becoming too stubborn for the king.

Trump just want to use the tarriff to show the world that USA is the one calling the shots in world affairs and rebels like China would be dealt with decisively if they don't respect USA.

China will later seek for dialogue with USA when she sees that it has been isolated by USA. We go watch how this chess game unfolds.
Do you know what happens to bullies?

grin
Re: Trump lowers reciprocal tariffs for 90 days, imposes 125% on China goods by grandstar(m): 10:57pm On Apr 09, 2025
foleskay:
grin
I like when a country is powerful and also brags with it. Trump is just like a lion king in the pride,he knows he's the most powerful and so commands respect from the whole pride,and banishes any dissenting lion from the pride, like the case of young male lions who are usually exiled from the pride when they re becoming too stubborn for the king.

Trump just want to use the tarriff to show the world that USA is the one calling the shots in world affairs and rebels like China would be dealt with decisively if they don't respect USA.

China will later seek for dialogue with USA when she sees that it has been isolated by USA. We go watch how this chess game unfolds.
You're praising hubris.

The slowpoke with his senseless economic policies has crashed the US stock market. That is the biggest vote of no confidence by the private sector of his nursery school economic policies.

You're slamming tariffs on other nations because of trade deficits. Why not approach the WTO? He wants to use tariffs to raise revenue and abolish income taxes. The man is a joke.
Re: Trump lowers reciprocal tariffs for 90 days, imposes 125% on China goods by frankson1(m): 11:02pm On Apr 09, 2025
Tranquillity360:
When will useless Nigeria raise theirs.
When your useless parents regret bringing you into Nigeria undecided
Re: Trump lowers reciprocal tariffs for 90 days, imposes 125% on China goods by frankson1(m): 11:06pm On Apr 09, 2025
incogni2o:
China should just bow and negotiate rather than just playing save-face
Clearly, this issue is way far above your understanding.
Re: Trump lowers reciprocal tariffs for 90 days, imposes 125% on China goods by IyfeNamikaze(m): 11:11pm On Apr 09, 2025
foleskay:
grin
I like when a country is powerful and also brags with it. Trump is just like a lion king in the pride,he knows he's the most powerful and so commands respect from the whole pride,and banishes any dissenting lion from the pride, like the case of young male lions who are usually exiled from the pride when they re becoming too stubborn for the king.

Trump just want to use the tarriff to show the world that USA is the one calling the shots in world affairs and rebels like China would be dealt with decisively if they don't respect USA.

China will later seek for dialogue with USA when she sees that it has been isolated by USA. We go watch how this chess game unfolds.
Lol... You really don't know what you're talking about. A lot of the things used in the US are made in china, 90% of iPhone are made in china. These tariffs means that the prices of iPhones are going to triple along with other goods like Nike and others. This is the very reason why people are out on the streets of US protesting against these tariffs because it's going to massively affect them.
Re: Trump lowers reciprocal tariffs for 90 days, imposes 125% on China goods by frankson1(m): 11:13pm On Apr 09, 2025
viodemus:
He is using his own way of tactics and negotiation. He can do it because we are talking about USA the great. If this was another country like nigeria, it wouldn't have been news.


My opinion on this, is that, President Trump should stop listening to evil and naive people around him. If any. He should use wisdom and please stop this Canada issue from escalating.


What president trump can do is, to take over Nigeria's oil and gas resources for 5 years without payment. Come and work with the great Igbo tribe and allied tribes. The igbos on the other hand should be, ready for opportunities that unexpectedly arises.
Lots of people from this part are always making meaningless and senseless comment cry
Re: Trump lowers reciprocal tariffs for 90 days, imposes 125% on China goods by Nefort: 11:16pm On Apr 09, 2025
foleskay:
China are never inventors like the USA and Europe. All their technology are copied from the west. They're just master fogger.
Before you become an inventor nation while coming from behind you will have to pass through 2 stages. The first stage is learning and copying what has already been done, and the second stage is progressing further using the knowledge you acquired from learning and copying. The copying part is necessary because it makes you progress faster. China has already completed the first stage and they are currently just starting the second stage. China is already leading in electric vehicle technology, they launched the first quantum satellite, they lead in high speed rail technology. China currently has the largest number of scientific patents. In fact China is still rising and they haven't gotten to their peak yet. When they get to their peak they will eventually become the leading inventors.
Re: Trump lowers reciprocal tariffs for 90 days, imposes 125% on China goods by frankson1(m): 11:27pm On Apr 09, 2025
Focusmind:
China made a very big mistake in retaliating. There was no need fighting with Trump, knowing that China has been benefiting, disproportionately in her trade with US. Xi will put China into recession because of unnecessary fight. He should have swallowed his pride and allowed Trump be, so long China was still on top of international trade. You are fighting with your biggest trading partner, where you control 75% of trade between two of you. Xi no try at all. I forsee a 200% increase in coming weeks, as Xi try to match up with Trump's madness
Stop listening to people who cannot afford a newspaper at the newspaper stand undecided
Re: Trump lowers reciprocal tariffs for 90 days, imposes 125% on China goods by afesco: 11:32pm On Apr 09, 2025
foleskay:
Leave story. U thinks it's by accident the dollars became the global currency?? USA is by far the most technologcally advanced country in the world. Copy that.
Not true because South Korea is above USA in that regard
Re: Trump lowers reciprocal tariffs for 90 days, imposes 125% on China goods by ogbonti: 11:43pm On Apr 09, 2025
Warmaterial:
Trump just dey do anyhow, u no fit bend china. The only two countries that cannot be bullied are Russia and china, anyhow u wantam dem go give u.
China's loss - India's gain

whatever China can produce - India and Vietnam can

Now anyone who ever made a Billion dollars in his or her life is way smarter than you who cant boast of 100 dollars in your miserable bank account
Re: Trump lowers reciprocal tariffs for 90 days, imposes 125% on China goods by DeepSight(m): 12:07am On Apr 10, 2025
udemzyudex:
You know nothing, na China dey try form boss in the end the economy go Just suffer for nothing.
You are daft.
Re: Trump lowers reciprocal tariffs for 90 days, imposes 125% on China goods by Basicend:
ogbonti:
China's loss - India's gain

whatever China can produce - India and Vietnam can

Now anyone who ever made a Billion dollars in his or her life is way smarter than you who cant boast of 100 dollars in your miserable bank account
America and it's companies will cry again if they engage India.

India have same issues; a massive population of very IT and tech-inclined people.

Therefore, intellectual property theft that led China to clone American products will only continue there.

Another issue is the logistical process and infrastructure of China is very efficient and wld be hard to substitute.

Vietnam, perhaps Yes. Okay.
Re: Trump lowers reciprocal tariffs for 90 days, imposes 125% on China goods by buchai: 12:44am On Apr 10, 2025
I think what trump is doing is to protect their home made goods, a lot goods coming in outside(imported) with lesser tariff are far more cheaper than the ones produced in USA thereby killing most the goods produced locally.
Re: Trump lowers reciprocal tariffs for 90 days, imposes 125% on China goods by tuoyoojo(m): 12:49am On Apr 10, 2025
israelmao:
Tit-for-tat tariff war,China is main target.
This has been the plan from the beginning. The tariffs on other countries are just collateral damage
Re: Trump lowers reciprocal tariffs for 90 days, imposes 125% on China goods by buchai: 12:55am On Apr 10, 2025
IyfeNamikaze:
Lol... You really don't know what you're talking about. A lot of the things used in the US are made in china, 90% of iPhone are made in china. These tariffs means that the prices of iPhones are going to triple along with other goods like Nike and others. This is the very reason why people are out on the streets of US protesting against these tariffs because it's going to massively affect them.
The opportunity have come for them to start producing them locally, trump is promoting and protecting them now.
Re: Trump lowers reciprocal tariffs for 90 days, imposes 125% on China goods by Flamemignon1(m): 2:50am On Apr 10, 2025
foleskay:
grin
I like when a country is powerful and also brags with it. Trump is just like a lion king in the pride,he knows he's the most powerful and so commands respect from the whole pride,and banishes any dissenting lion from the pride, like the case of young male lions who are usually exiled from the pride when they re becoming too stubborn for the king.

Trump just want to use the tarriff to show the world that USA is the one calling the shots in world affairs and rebels like China would be dealt with decisively if they don't respect USA.

China will later seek for dialogue with USA when she sees that it has been isolated by USA. We go watch how this chess game unfolds.
If the orange clown really wanted what's best for his people then he should've asked for a deal the way he did with the USMCA agreement with mexico and Canada. Also tariffs aren't long term solutions as companies will just choose to wait them out because a new administration will remove them not to talk about the US being a service economy not a manufacturing one as their labour climate isn't profitable and cheap like china's. If Trump really wanted to roll this out then he would've subsidized companies by investing in them and raising the minimum wage because the average American won't work in a factory for a low wage, the ones who could do it were immigrants because they had no choice and the orange clown is deporting them. It's easier and cheaper to continue to make these goods in china as the importer will just slap the tariffs on them and wait the four year administration out, simple sense, you and the clown no get but he loves the poorly educated so I'm not surprised. Also learn the history of trump's obsession with China as a competition with the US, it starts from a book his son-in-law saw on Amazon from a man that literally has no trade or economic knowledge on china aka Peter Navarro

Also with his fluctuation on the market by doing a "will they or won't they" with the tariffs, he's showing signs that he's a weak man and world leaders are calling his bluff and not taking him seriously
Re: Trump lowers reciprocal tariffs for 90 days, imposes 125% on China goods by Flamemignon1(m): 2:54am On Apr 10, 2025
incogni2o:
China should just bow and negotiate rather than just playing save-face
With his fluctuation on the market by doing a "will they or won't they" with the tariffs, he's showing signs that he's a weak man and world leaders are calling his bluff and not taking him seriously
Re: Trump lowers reciprocal tariffs for 90 days, imposes 125% on China goods by Flamemignon1(m): 2:57am On Apr 10, 2025
buchai:
The opportunity have come for them to start producing them locally, trump is promoting and protecting them now.
If the orange clown really wanted what's best for his people then he should've asked for a deal the way he did with the USMCA agreement with mexico and Canada. Also tariffs aren't long term solutions as companies will just choose to wait them out because a new administration will remove them not to talk about the US being a service economy not a manufacturing one as their labour climate isn't profitable and cheap like china's. If Trump really wanted to roll this out then he would've subsidized companies by investing in them and raising the minimum wage because the average American won't work in a factory for a low wage, the ones who could do it were immigrants because they had no choice and the orange clown is deporting them. It's easier and cheaper to continue to make these goods in china as the importer will just slap the tariffs on them and wait the four year administration out, simple sense, you and the clown no get but he loves the poorly educated so I'm not surprised. Also learn the history of trump's obsession with China as a competition with the US, it starts from a book his son-in-law saw on Amazon from a man that literally has no trade or economic knowledge on china aka Peter Navarro

Also with his fluctuation on the market by doing a "will they or won't they" with the tariffs, he's showing signs that he's a weak man and world leaders are calling his bluff and not taking him seriously
Re: Trump lowers reciprocal tariffs for 90 days, imposes 125% on China goods by Flamemignon1(m): 3:02am On Apr 10, 2025
omoredia:
Russia is not the enemy of a conservative led America. The enemy is the Leftists and globalists
you are the prime definition of a fool
Re: Trump lowers reciprocal tariffs for 90 days, imposes 125% on China goods by Flamemignon1(m): 3:04am On Apr 10, 2025
Boland:
You don't impose tariffs on countries that are already banned from trading with you.

Since Russia is already prohibited from exporting goods to the United States, applying tariffs to their products is unnecessary.


Please, let us get the facts and not be received by the mainstream media.
But you can impose on islands inhabited by penguins with no exports to the states? Also those sanctions are just on paper, the EU have been in business with Russia since the invasion
Re: Trump lowers reciprocal tariffs for 90 days, imposes 125% on China goods by udemzyudex(m): 4:02am On Apr 10, 2025
DeepSight:
You are daft.
Lol.. You're slow.
Re: Trump lowers reciprocal tariffs for 90 days, imposes 125% on China goods by omoredia: 4:04am On Apr 10, 2025
Flamemignon1:
you are the prime definition of a fool
U can't argue with facts
Re: Trump lowers reciprocal tariffs for 90 days, imposes 125% on China goods by koladata(m): 4:12am On Apr 10, 2025
America is no longer world power, they are just finding it difficult to accept which is normal for every empire when it is over. Egypt, France, Europe were all once an empire and world leader . Its already over for usa, How china became an empire was not a day work , it took them more than 50 years to get to where they are today , USA can't do it over night , they should have seen this coming long time ago but they turned deaf ear to it.

The world industrial power is now China and there's nothing anyone can do about it, even if you bring all the manufacturing back to USA who will work in the factory and at what pay rate. It will cost over the current price of Iphone to produce iphone in usa because of their minimum wages besides Americans don't like factory job and the immigrants who does factory works is currently facing massive deportation
foleskay:
grin
I like when a country is powerful and also brags with it. Trump is just like a lion king in the pride,he knows he's the most powerful and so commands respect from the whole pride,and banishes any dissenting lion from the pride, like the case of young male lions who are usually exiled from the pride when they re becoming too stubborn for the king.

Trump just want to use the tarriff to show the world that USA is the one calling the shots in world affairs and rebels like China would be dealt with decisively if they don't respect USA.

China will later seek for dialogue with USA when she sees that it has been isolated by USA. We go watch how this chess game unfolds.
Re: Trump lowers reciprocal tariffs for 90 days, imposes 125% on China goods by ogbonti: 4:20am On Apr 10, 2025
Basicend:
America and it's companies will cry again if they engage India.

India have same issues; a massive population of very IT and tech-inclined people.

Therefore, intellectual property theft that led China to clone American products will only continue there.

Another issue is the logistical process and infrastructure of China is very efficient and wld be hard to substitute.

Vietnam, perhaps Yes. Okay.
intellectual property theft is less than 10% reason for the trade war.. 90% of it is tarrifs, China tarrifs the US more than US tarrifs China

that is why you cant easily find a Chevy Camaro in Beijing

Nigeria doesnt steal intellectual property from the US neither does Canada- but both countries came under Trump tarrif recently - so all these is all about balance of trade, lets keep it simple!
Re: Trump lowers reciprocal tariffs for 90 days, imposes 125% on China goods by chaloskyx: 4:56am On Apr 10, 2025
Actually South Korea is the most technologically advanced country, followed by the United States and Denmark123
foleskay:
Leave story. U thinks it's by accident the dollars became the global currency?? USA is by far the most technologcally advanced country in the world. Copy that.
Re: Trump lowers reciprocal tariffs for 90 days, imposes 125% on China goods by rummmy: 5:16am On Apr 10, 2025
bennybuhari:
China has humbled Trump
Nigeria should also do same
Let's show Trump we are giant of Africa
remove this picture.serious leaders are talking please
Re: Trump lowers reciprocal tariffs for 90 days, imposes 125% on China goods by RomanGreen: 5:32am On Apr 10, 2025
moscow007:
Mad man Trump!

Why exempt Russia thought they are number 1 NATO enemy.

Protecting Elon's rocket business with Russia and cheap Russian Oil
You know nothing about international politics, Google the trade discrepancies between tarrifs of China and US, just may be you'll understand why Trump is moving the way he does, everything is not about emotions. I can tell you that low key China values America as one of its biggest markets if not the biggest.
Re: Trump lowers reciprocal tariffs for 90 days, imposes 125% on China goods by Emmizay12(m): 5:50am On Apr 10, 2025
Difrent:
This trade war has made it inevitable that there has to be an alternative to dollars as global currency of trade.
In the next 100yrs there would be no alternative

Dollar as a global currency is simply not just about Trump

But about Trust, Investors will continue trusting the dollar over any other currency, they can look for alternative all they want, but after they are done, they would crawl back to the us dollar
Re: Trump lowers reciprocal tariffs for 90 days, imposes 125% on China goods by Emmizay12(m): 5:53am On Apr 10, 2025
Blazebond:
China go heap more on them again,what this clown don't know.is that the Chinese already left them (u.s.a) a long time ago in production, education and research,so all.this gra-gra from trump won't work and this behavior just shows how racist the white Caucasian race still are,they view all other race as lower than them and are always looking for ways to bully everyone,the Chinese alre very lucky that they developed their military and have nuclear weapons otherwise the racist Americans and their European cousins would have been bullying them just how they are doing to the iranians and Arab world in general now.any black African still believing and trusting in the nonsense entity called America today is a lost soul,I pity those sets of people.
Go and believe in the Chinese,
Na them go treat black Africans better
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