The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has escalated its trade war with the United States by imposing a staggering 125% tariff on all American imports.
This move comes in direct response to President Donald Trump’s decisive action to raise tariffs on Chinese goods to an effective rate of 145%, aiming to counter Beijing’s longstanding trade abuses and intellectual property theft.
On Wednesday, Beijing foolishly retaliated against U.S. tariffs by imposing an 84% tariff on all American imports, a desperate move following President Trump’s earlier hike to 104% on Chinese goods.
But China severely miscalculated. Within hours, Trump raised tariffs to 125%, sending a clear message: America will not be bullied.
Trump wrote on Truth Social:
“Based on the lack of respect that China has shown to the World’s Markets, I am hereby raising the Tariff charged to China by the United States of America to 125%, effective immediately. At some point, hopefully in the near future, China will realize that the days of ripping off the U.S.A., and other Countries, is no longer sustainable or acceptable.
Conversely, and based on the fact that more than 75 Countries have called Representatives of the United States, including the Departments of Commerce, Treasury, and the USTR, to negotiate a solution to the subjects being discussed relative to Trade, Trade Barriers, Tariffs, Currency Manipulation, and Non Monetary Tariffs, and that these Countries have not, at my strong suggestion, retaliated in any way, shape, or form against the United States, I have authorized a 90 day PAUSE, and a substantially lowered Reciprocal Tariff during this period, of 10%, also effective immediately. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
According to Yahoo, “the White House confirmed the total base tariff on China is actually 145%, an amount higher than the 125% previously reported… The confusion about the exact number stemmed from separate 20% duties on China over issues of fentanyl and illegal migration that Trump had imposed in February and March.”
On Friday, the CCP escalated its trade war with the United States by imposing a staggering 125% tariff on all American imports.
The CCP’s retaliatory tariffs, set to take effect on April 12, 2025, are a clear attempt to undermine the U.S. economy and pressure the Trump administration into backing down.
According to the statement released by the Ministry of Finance:
“On April 10, 2025, the US government announced that the “reciprocal tariff” on Chinese goods exported to the US would be further increased to 125%. The US’s arbitrary imposition of abnormally high tariffs on China seriously violates international economic and trade rules, disregards the post-World War II global economic order built by the US itself, and violates basic economic laws and common sense. It is completely a unilateral bullying and coercion. China strongly condemns this.
In accordance with the Tariff Law of the People’s Republic of China, the Customs Law of the People’s Republic of China, the Foreign Trade Law of the People’s Republic of China and other laws and regulations and the basic principles of international law, and with the approval of the State Council, the State Council Tariff Commission has announced that the additional tariff rate stipulated in the “Announcement of the State Council Tariff Commission on Adjusting the Measures for Imposing Additional Tariffs on Imported Goods Originating in the United States” (Tax Commission Announcement No. 5 of 2025) will be adjusted from 84% to 125% from April 12, 2025.
Other matters shall be implemented in accordance with the “Announcement of the State Council Tariff Commission on Imposing Additional Tariffs on Imported Goods Originating in the United States” (Tax Commission Announcement No. 4 of 2025).
Even if the US continues to impose higher tariffs, it will no longer make economic sense and will become a joke in the history of world economy. At the current tariff level, there is no market acceptance for US goods exported to China. If the US continues to play the tariff numbers game, China will ignore it. However, if the US insists on continuing to substantially infringe on China’s interests, China will resolutely counterattack and fight to the end.”
“Tariff and trade wars have no winners. China does not want to fight these wars but is not scared of them,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said on Friday in response to a question noting that the White House has confirmed many Chinese exports to the US now face… pic.twitter.com/VxObNNcfil
— Global Times (@globaltimesnews) April 11, 2025
