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Today — 7 April 2025Main stream

China Tries to Downplay the Trade War’s Effects on Its Economy

Faced with economic disruption, Beijing is presenting itself as too powerful to succumb to U.S. pressure. It is also censoring criticism at home.

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Shoppers in Beijing on Friday. The trade war will be painful, but it is nothing that the country cannot handle, China says.

China Downplays the Trade War’s Effects on Its Economy

7 April 2025 at 14:01
Faced with economic disruption, Beijing is presenting itself as too powerful to succumb to U.S. pressure and casting itself as a responsible champion of fair trade.
Yesterday — 6 April 2025Main stream
Before yesterdayMain stream

Trump Blocked America’s Front Door to China. Now He’s Closing Back Doors.

4 April 2025 at 17:01
The U.S. tariffs on transshipment countries like Vietnam and Cambodia are so steep that they could force a major reassessment of global supply chains.

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A garment factory workshop in Guangzhou, China. President Trump has recently added tariffs totaling 54 percent on goods shipped directly from China.

Trump’s Trade War Escalates as China Retaliates With 34% Tariffs

The Chinese government said it would match President Trump’s tariff, and also barred a group of American companies from doing business in China.

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A container ship from China’s largest shipping line at the Port Of Long Beach in California on Tuesday.

Lawsuit Challenges Trump’s Legal Rationale for Tariffs on China

By: Tony Romm
4 April 2025 at 09:25
A nonprofit group said the president misapplied a law in imposing those levies and portrayed its filing as the first lawsuit to challenge the Trump administration over its tariffs.
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