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Überlebenskünstler (er/ihm)<p>New York Times: "<a href="https://subversive.zone/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> Halts Critical Exports as <a href="https://subversive.zone/tags/TradeWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TradeWar</span></a> Intensifies.</p><p>China has suspended exports of a wide range of critical minerals &amp; magnets, threatening to choke off supplies of components central to automakers, aerospace manufacturers, semiconductor companies &amp; military contractors around the world."<br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/business/china-rare-earths-exports.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/04/13/busines</span><span class="invisible">s/china-rare-earths-exports.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://subversive.zone/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://subversive.zone/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://subversive.zone/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://subversive.zone/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> <a href="https://subversive.zone/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recession</span></a></p>
Yogthos<p>Brazil's Mines and Energy Minister Alexandre Silveira is traveling to China to seek energy storage partnerships with companies like Huawei and BYD. Silveira sees the US-China trade war as an opportunity for Brazil, particularly in agricultural export markets and iron ore exports.</p><p>The economic fallout from the trade war could allow Petrobras to reduce fuel prices, boosting the Brazilian economy.</p><p><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-10/brazil-minister-rides-trump-s-bravado-to-china-for-deals" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bloomberg.com/news/articles/20</span><span class="invisible">25-04-10/brazil-minister-rides-trump-s-bravado-to-china-for-deals</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/brazil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>brazil</span></a> <a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/us" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>us</span></a> <a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/china" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>china</span></a> <a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/tradewar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tradewar</span></a> <a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The official crackdown is part of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a>’s retaliation for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s sharp increase in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> that started on April 2.</p><p>On April 4, the Chinese government ordered restrictions on the export of 6 heavy rare earth metals, which are refined entirely in China, as well as rare earth magnets, 90% of which are produced in China. The metals, &amp; special magnets made with them, can now be shipped out of China only with special export licenses.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TradeWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TradeWar</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recession</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Shipments of the magnets, essential for assembling everything from cars &amp; drones to robots &amp; missiles, have been halted at many Chinese ports while the Chinese govt drafts a new regulatory system. Once in place, the new system could permanently prevent supplies from reaching certain companies, including American military contractors.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TradeWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TradeWar</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recession</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> Halts Critical Exports as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TradeWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TradeWar</span></a> Intensifies</p><p>China has suspended exports of a wide range of critical minerals &amp; magnets, threatening to choke off supplies of components central to automakers, aerospace manufacturers, semiconductor companies &amp; military contractors around the world.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recession</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/business/china-rare-earths-exports.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=p&amp;pvid=519370ED-B7AF-4B2B-88FD-AAAA88A1ED88" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/04/13/busines</span><span class="invisible">s/china-rare-earths-exports.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=p&amp;pvid=519370ED-B7AF-4B2B-88FD-AAAA88A1ED88</span></a></p>
Charlie McHenry<p>WASHINGTON — Investor who predicted the 2008 financial crisis says he's 'worried about something worse than a recession' - Ray Dalio, the founder of the hedge fund Bridgewater Associates, said he is "worried about something worse than a recession" if President Donald Trump does not properly handle tariffs and other economic policies.<br>"I think that right now we are at a decision-making point and very close to a recession," Dalio said on NBC News' "Meet the Press" on Sunday. "And I'm worried about something worse than a recession, if this isn't handled well." - <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economics</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/finance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>finance</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recession</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/TrumpTariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTariffs</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/Tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/TradeWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TradeWar</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/Inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Inflation</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/Stagflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stagflation</span></a> <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/investor-predicted-2008-financial-crisis-says-worried-something-worse-rcna201040" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nbcnews.com/politics/politics-</span><span class="invisible">news/investor-predicted-2008-financial-crisis-says-worried-something-worse-rcna201040</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> Halts Critical Exports as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TradeWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TradeWar</span></a> Intensifies</p><p>Beijing has suspended exports of certain rare earth minerals &amp; magnets that are crucial for the world’s car, semiconductor &amp; aerospace industries.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recession</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/business/china-rare-earths-exports.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=p&amp;pvid=519370ED-B7AF-4B2B-88FD-AAAA88A1ED88" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/04/13/busines</span><span class="invisible">s/china-rare-earths-exports.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=p&amp;pvid=519370ED-B7AF-4B2B-88FD-AAAA88A1ED88</span></a></p>
R. Scott Pert<p>4/4</p><p>&gt; Trump has finally ended America’s exorbitant privilege.</p><p>&gt; The president’s erratic leadership style, which reminds me of the guy who pulls off his steering wheel so that the other driver will be forced to swerve, is now endangering his country’s currency and equity values, as has always been the case in other, non-exceptional political economies with this much turmoil. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/TradeWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TradeWar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/USpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/tarrif" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tarrif</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/1992531/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/1992531/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Trump’s Tariffs Are Coming for Your Wedding Dress <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/bi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bi</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BridalGallery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BridalGallery</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BridalShopOwner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BridalShopOwner</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/bride" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bride</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/company" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>company</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/cost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cost</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/dress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dress</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/price" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>price</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/production" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>production</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/tariff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariff</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TradeWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TradeWar</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/WeddingGown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WeddingGown</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/1992529/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/1992529/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Price hike on Shein? How Trump tariffs could shift the US’s love of fast fashion | Trump tariffs <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TradeWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TradeWar</span></a></p>
Bibliolater 📚 📜 🖋<p>🔴 🇺🇸 **Major foreign holders of US Treasury Securities (2022)**</p><p><a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Trade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trade</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/TradeWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TradeWar</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Commerce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Commerce</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Economics</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Debt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Debt</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Data</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/DataViz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DataViz</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Chart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chart</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Graph" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Graph</span></a> </p><p>Image attribution: Wikideas1, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Page URL: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MAJOR_FOREIGN_HOLDERS_OF_TREASURY_SECURITIES.web" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil</span><span class="invisible">e:MAJOR_FOREIGN_HOLDERS_OF_TREASURY_SECURITIES.web</span></a>.</p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/1992188/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/1992188/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Secret way China has been strangling Americans before Trump tariffs… and the crippling impact it has on you <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Beijing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Beijing</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/dailymail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dailymail</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TradeWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TradeWar</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/1992186/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/1992186/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Live updates: Trump news on tariffs, China trade war, immigration crackdown <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TradeWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TradeWar</span></a></p>
UK<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/uk/16740/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/uk/16740/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> EU Trade Commissioner to travel to the US on Monday for trade talks <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EUPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EUPolicy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/European" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>European</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EuropeanCommission" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanCommission</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Maro%C5%A1%C5%A0ef%C4%8Dovi%C4%8D" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarošŠefčovič</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TradeWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TradeWar</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a></p>
Yogthos<p>CPC should give Gordon Chang the highest honors for decades-long service as an unpaid consultant, single-handedly convincing US politicians that China’s economy is a house of cards held together by duct tape and wishful thinking.</p><p>His 2001 masterpiece, Coming Collapse of China was a 24-year running gag that let Beijing grow into an economic titan while America was busy smelling its own farts.</p><p><a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/us" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>us</span></a> <a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/china" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>china</span></a> <a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/tradewar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tradewar</span></a></p>
MugsysRapSheet 🔩🐑🐘<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/@raymondpert" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>raymondpert</span></a></span> <br>JD Pritzker was on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FnS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FnS</span></a> this morning, and did a reasonably good job of distinguishing between "targeted" <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> on SPECIFIC items, vs "blanket tariffs on entire nations."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a>… and hosts of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Conservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conservative</span></a> news programs… ALWAYS start out with "<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> did tariffs too!" trying to brand <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> as hypocrites.</p><p>Pritzker was prepared for that trap. He did fail to point out that a blanket tariff against an entire country is a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TradeWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TradeWar</span></a>, NOT a negotiation. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DisasterPresidency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DisasterPresidency</span></a></p>
R. Scott Pert<p>Donald Trump Tariff response Scorecard.</p><p>Trying to Negotiate: Japan, South Korea, UK, Switzerland, Malaysia, Singapore, Brazil, Colombia, Turkey, Australia</p><p>Offered Concessions: Vietnam, Taiwan, India, Thailand, Indonesia, Israel </p><p>Retaliated: <br>China 🇨🇳, Canada 🇨🇦 </p><p>Possible Retaliation:<br>EU 🇪🇺 </p><p>No Retaliation:<br>Mexico 🇲🇽 </p><p>(Source: Fox News/New York Times)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/Tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/TradeWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TradeWar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blind</span></a></p>
Yogthos<p>A Chinese citizen explains that it's not China’s fault that they prospered.</p><p>Both sides played by the rules of mutual benefit. But if one side reinvested its gains into educating citizens, building infrastructure, and industrializing while the other squirreled them away in offshore havens for oligarchs, whose fault is it that the resulting imbalance feels 'unfair'?</p><p><a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/us" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>us</span></a> <a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/china" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>china</span></a> <a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/tradewar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tradewar</span></a> <a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a></p>
Miguel Afonso Caetano<p>LoL 🤡😁</p><p>"Donald Trump’s presidential administration has exempted smartphones and computers from the 125% levies imposed on imports from China as well as other “reciprocal” tariffs, which experts had cautioned might cause electronic consumer prices to spike dramatically in the US.</p><p>The announcement was made late on Friday in a US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) notice that said the devices would be excluded from the 10% global tariff that Trump recently imposed on most countries, along with the much heftier import tax on China.</p><p>The CBP’s notice follows concerns from tech companies that the price of electronics for US consumers might surge with many of them manufactured in China. The notice also contained exemptions for additional electronics and components, such as memory cards, solar cells and semiconductors."</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/12/trump-administration-smartphones-computers-china-tariffs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/a</span><span class="invisible">pr/12/trump-administration-smartphones-computers-china-tariffs</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/TradeWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TradeWar</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Protectionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Protectionism</span></a></p>
The Japan Times<p>Japan isn’t planning to use its U.S. Treasury holdings as a negotiation tool to counter U.S. tariffs in talks scheduled between the two governments for April 17. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/04/13/economy/japan-us-tariffs-treasurys/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/business/2025</span><span class="invisible">/04/13/economy/japan-us-tariffs-treasurys/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/us" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>us</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/usjapanrelations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usjapanrelations</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/itsunorionodera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>itsunorionodera</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/shigeruishiba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shigeruishiba</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/donaldtrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>donaldtrump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trade</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tradewar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tradewar</span></a></p>