2025-04-10: Tariffs Roundup

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Anand Naidoo (2025-04-10). The Heat: Tariff Turmoil. america.cgtn.com China has increased tariffs on U.S. imports to 84% in retaliation for U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods. On Wednesday, Washington added even further tariffs on Beijing which now stand at 125%. | Meanwhile, President Trump announced a 90-day suspension of reciprocal tariffs for all trading partners, except China. All of this, while the global economy continues to be rattled as fears grow of further instability. | Joining the discussion: |

The Independent (2025-04-10). China takes firm countermeasures against U.S. tariff bullying. independent.co.ug BEIJING, CHINA | Xinhua | China has taken swift, firm countermeasures following the latest U.S. tariff hike on Chinese imports, in a move to safeguard its legitimate rights and interests. The Chinese government on Wednesday announced that it will raise additional tariffs on products imported from the United States to 84 percent, add six U.S. …

Tim Jones (2025-04-10). US tariffs will intensify debt crisis in lower-income countries. cadtm.org

Shiran Illanperuma (2025-04-10). Trump's Tariffs Could Intensify Sri Lanka's Debt Crisis. counterpunch.org On Thursday, 3 April, Sri Lankans woke up to the alarming news that the United States, the country's single largest export destination, would be applying 44% tariffs. These tariffs will hit Sri Lanka just months after it officially exited sovereign default status in December 2024. President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has appointed an advisory committee consisting

Democracy Now! (2025-04-10). Democracy Now! 2025-04-10 Thursday. democracynow.org Headlines for April 10, 2025; From "Liberation Day" to Chaos: Trump Pauses Most Tariffs While Escalating Trade War with China; Trump Threatens Joint U.S.-Israeli Attack on Iran If Talks on Iran's Nuclear Program Fail; Columbia Prof. Marianne Hirsch: Mahmoud Khalil Arrest Reminds Me of Growing Up Under Authoritarianism | Headlines for April 10, 2025; From "Liberation Day" to Chaos: Trump Pauses Most Tariffs While Escalating Trade War with China; Trump Threatens Joint U.S.-Israeli Attack on Iran If Talks on Iran's Nuclear Program Fail; Columbia Prof. Marianne Hirsch: Mahmoud Khalil…

Staff (2025-04-10). Trump's tariff "pause" : Another expression of the deepening crisis of US imperialism and the capitalist order. defenddemocracy.press By Nick Beams April 9, 2025 The announcement yesterday by US President Trump of a 90-day pause in the implementation of his so-called "reciprocal tariffs," ostensibly to allow negotiations to take place, is another expression of the deepening economic and financial crisis of American imperialism and its state. The move came amid growing signs that …

C.J. Polychroniou (2025-04-10). Trump's Tariffs Buck the Global Neoliberal Order — But Still Serve the 1 Percent. truthout.org Since assuming office, the Trump administration has taken actions resembling those of an absolutist state: undermining civil rights and democracy at home while introducing a reciprocal tariffs plan that has unleashed chaos around the world. Indeed, Donald Trump's "liberation day," a declaration of economic war on the rest of the planet, wiped several trillions of dollars in market value from Wall… |

ecns.cn (2025-04-10). Insights丨Expert says U.S.' "reciprocal tariffs" a poison, not a medicine. ecns.cn

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