• China’s finance ministry on Friday said it will impose a 34% tariff on all goods imported from the U.S. starting on April 10.
  • The ministry criticized Washington’s decision to impose 34% of additional reciprocal levies on China — bringing total U.S. tariffs against the country to 54% — as “inconsistent with international trade rules.”
  • U.S. stock futures and European markets fell sharply on news of the reciprocal tariffs.

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  • bradinutah@thelemmy.club
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    20 hours ago

    Farmers are super stressed and are at a higher risk of suicide. Voting for the Donvict was a sure way to make farming more stressful. Not only does the wealthy brat from the big city see you as a mark to exploit, he really doesn’t actually care about you losing all your export customers and losing your farm. He’s busy golfing at taxpayers’ expense.

    • Ledericas@lemm.ee
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      13 hours ago

      they did during the soybean tariffs, most of them lost thier farms, or suicided. After things was lifted, China had no need to source soybeans from america anymore.