President Donald Trump issued a strong warning to China on Monday, threatening to impose a 50% tariff increase on Chinese goods if Beijing does not reverse its recently announced 34% retaliatory tariffs on U.S. imports.
The move follows China’s response to Trump’s own tariff declarations, which he referred to as the “Liberation Day” tariffs. Trump posted a detailed statement on his social media platform, Truth Social, claiming that China’s new tariffs added to what he described as a long list of trade abuses, including high existing tariffs, non-tariff barriers, unlawful subsidies, and currency manipulation.
“China issued Retaliatory Tariffs of 34%, on top of their already record-setting Tariffs, Non-Monetary Tariffs, Illegal Subsidization of companies, and massive long-term Currency Manipulation,” Trump wrote. “Despite my warning… any country that retaliates with additional Tariffs will be immediately met with new and substantially higher Tariffs.”
He continued, warning that if China does not reverse the new 34% tariff increase by Tuesday, April 8, the U.S. will respond the following day: “The United States will impose ADDITIONAL Tariffs on China of 50%, effective April 9.” Trump also threatened to cut off all trade negotiations with China, saying talks would be terminated and that discussions would