President Donald Trump joined Maria Bartiromo for an interview this weekend that aired yesterday on Sunday Morning Futures.
In the course of the interview Trump urged as much as 60% tariffs on Chinese language items coming into America.
Trump | China Will get Hit with Large Tariffs – However I Wish to “Get Alongside”
Donald Trump will allegedly impose tariffs of 60%+ on Chinese language merchandise if he wins the 2024 election.
The previous president mentioned Beijing is making the most of the US however he did not wish to ignite one other… pic.twitter.com/dewVXsMtEz
— RT_India (@RT_India_news) February 5, 2024
On Monday the China markets sunk to 5-year lows.
That didn’t take lengthy!
The Independent reported through Disclose TV:
Chineseshares gyrated on Monday, sinking to 5-year lows after market regulators sought to reassure jittery buyers with a promise to crack down on inventory value manipulation and “malicious quick promoting.”
Shares in Shanghai and the smaller market in Shenzhen, close to Hong Kong, swung between massive losses and small positive factors all through the day. The markets have languished on heavy promoting of property shares, that are enduring a droop in the actual property market.
The China Securities Regulatory Fee held a gathering Sunday targeted on stabilizing the markets, state-run Chinese language media reported. A discover on its web site appeared designed to reassure particular person buyers who account for greater than half of buying and selling quantity.
The Trump tariffs had been probably the most consequential (and under-appreciated) American coverage successes of the final 25 years.
They knocked China off track.
They discredited the “publish American world” pretend intellectuals.
They proved PNTR belongs within the ash heap of historical past. pic.twitter.com/CDL3whi8jb
— Jacob Helberg (@jacobhelberg) February 4, 2024