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re: CNN: China quietly rolls back retaliatory tariffs (5:18 AM, Fri April 25, 2025)

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Posted by Burt Reynolds
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Member since Jul 2008
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Posted on 4/25/25 at 8:33 pm to
China won the 2025 U.S.-China trade war because Trump buckled first, exempting iPhones and electronics from his 145% tariffs on April 12 and slashing them by April 22, while China refused to lower its 125% retaliatory tariffs until after the U.S. retreated, leveraging its diversified markets and export curbs to outlast U.S. market panic and alienated allies, proving Xi’s stonewalling trumped Trump’s bluster sorry, buddy, your tariff titan crumpled like a paper bag.
Posted by QboveTopSecret
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Member since Feb 2018
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Posted on 4/25/25 at 8:34 pm to
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What would determine that is the rate at which American companies were decoupling from China


Chinese millionaires are fleeing China. Foreign companies are decoupling from ChyNa.

Bass pointed to the nation's economic slowdown and higher yields in China's bond market as signs that investors see greater risk putting money to work in the country.

"They are facing a banking crisis, a youth unemployment crisis, a real estate crisis, their 10-year bonds are 160, and they're telling the world they're growing at 5%. It's a complete lie. It's obvious," Bass said. "We are the largest consuming nation in the world. Certainly, we can outlast China."
Posted by RobbBobb
Member since Feb 2007
34276 posts
Posted on 4/25/25 at 8:35 pm to
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US took tariffs down first.

Lulz that you actually believe that
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"We are taking a look at Semiconductors and the WHOLE ELECTRONICS SUPPLY CHAIN in the upcoming National Security Tariff Investigations," he posted on social media.

Lutnick said Trump would enact "a special focus-type of tariff" on smartphones, computers and other electronics products in a month or two, alongside sectoral tariffs targeting semiconductors and pharmaceuticals. The new duties would fall outside Trump's so-called reciprocal tariffs, under which levies on Chinese imports climbed to 125% last week, he said.
Posted by Burt Reynolds
Monterey, CA
Member since Jul 2008
24565 posts
Posted on 4/25/25 at 8:38 pm to
China outshines the U.S. by dodging the WOKE circus that’s got America tripping over pronouns and cancel culture, costing companies like Disney $5.5 billion in flops and Bud Light $1 billion in boycotts, while China’s nuclear family based society fuels 5.2% GDP growth in 2024 against the U.S.’s measly 2.5%, leaving us stuck in DEI quicksand as China builds roads and tops math rankings.


Posted by TigerAxeOK
Where I lay my head is home.
Member since Dec 2016
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Posted on 4/25/25 at 8:38 pm to
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Markets are bout to go boom 

Roger is going to need a Xanax and a pacifier.
Posted by RobbBobb
Member since Feb 2007
34276 posts
Posted on 4/25/25 at 8:41 pm to
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China’s nuclear family based society fuels 5.2% GDP growth

Lulz that you believe that too
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China’s 2024 claim that GDP growth was on track to meet high targets was impossible to reconcile with increasingly frantic efforts to prop up a flagging economy all year long. Collapsing property construction slowed growth to a crawl in 2022 and 2023, and in 2024 the spillover from real estate sidelined local government investment and consumption as well.

By our estimates, China’s GDP growth in 2024 improved modestly to around 2.4% to 2.8%, well below than official claims of nearly 5%.
Posted by Free888
Member since Oct 2019
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Posted on 4/25/25 at 8:52 pm to
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exempting iPhones


iPhones that will be produced entirely in India within a few years for the US market.
Posted by Mandtgr47
Member since Aug 2024
7918 posts
Posted on 4/25/25 at 9:01 pm to
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Where’s Roger


somebody better do a welfare check on him...seriously.

for days he was telling us all about economics and how Trump was destroying the country. Now, you don't hear a peep.
Posted by CAD703X
Liberty Island
Member since Jul 2008
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Posted on 4/25/25 at 9:02 pm to
Seldom seen in fetal position
Posted by Mandtgr47
Member since Aug 2024
7918 posts
Posted on 4/25/25 at 9:03 pm to
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Burt Reynolds


bless your mentally ill, anti-god, anti-family, scumbag arse.
Posted by Burt Reynolds
Monterey, CA
Member since Jul 2008
24565 posts
Posted on 4/25/25 at 9:07 pm to
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Lulz that you believe that too


You don’t think China is based around the nuclear family? 45% of china is married families with at least one child compared to 20% in the US

They take care of their parents and bring them into their home when theyre old not putting them in a nursing homes to be lonely and rot like selfish Americans do.
Posted by RohanGonzales
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Member since Apr 2024
10674 posts
Posted on 4/25/25 at 9:22 pm to
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China won the 2025 U.S.-China trade war because Trump buckled first, exempting iPhones and electronics from his 145% tariffs on April 12 and slashing them by April 22, while China refused to lower its 125% retaliatory tariffs until after the U.S. retreated, leveraging its diversified markets and export curbs to outlast U.S. market panic and alienated allies, proving Xi’s stonewalling trumped Trump’s bluster sorry, buddy, your tariff titan crumpled like a paper bag.


bullshite
Posted by Bigdawgb
Member since Oct 2023
4227 posts
Posted on 4/25/25 at 9:23 pm to
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You don’t think China is based around the nuclear family? 45% of china is married families with at least one child compared to 20% in the US


I don't believe you, but it's difficult to find sources. Would you please share?

I did find a list of marriages per 1,000 on Wikipedia - USA was 43rd & China was outside of the top 100
Posted by CAD703X
Liberty Island
Member since Jul 2008
93336 posts
Posted on 4/25/25 at 9:40 pm to
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Burt Reynolds
lol what a bunch of bullshite this guy is spewing

Y'all can't stand it when Trump wins can you?

Why do you hate America so much?
Posted by ChatGPT of LA
Member since Mar 2023
6328 posts
Posted on 4/25/25 at 10:22 pm to
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Burt Reynolds


Melt mf'er

Slow melt bitch
Posted by ChatGPT of LA
Member since Mar 2023
6328 posts
Posted on 4/25/25 at 10:38 pm to
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China won


You're so stupid, it hurts.
Winning in tariffs is determined by the final balance achieved, you dolt.
China is caving, period. But in the real way. The economy is collapsing under its own weight

It's over!
Posted by Burt Reynolds
Monterey, CA
Member since Jul 2008
24565 posts
Posted on 4/25/25 at 10:42 pm to
China isn’t “caving” in the tariff war but is holding strong through strategic resilience and adaptability, countering your claim of economic collapse. Despite U.S. tariffs reaching 145%, China’s exports to the U.S. grew 12.4% year-over-year in March 2025, while trade with 145 countries surpasses U.S. trade, with Southeast Asia now its top regional partner. The IMF projects 4% GDP growth for 2025, bolstered by domestic stimulus and Belt and Road expansion, like 20 new deals with Azerbaijan. China’s rare earth export restrictions and selective tariff exemptions further pressure U.S. supply chains, while U.S. growth forecasts drop to 1.8% amid domestic lawsuits and retailer warnings of price surges. Far from collapsing, China’s enduring trade dominance and policy consistency suggest it’s winning the long game.
Posted by Gordy
Fayetteville
Member since Dec 2015
1998 posts
Posted on 4/25/25 at 10:50 pm to
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We’re still here.

US took tariffs down first.

China won. China always wins.
Then go back to China Commie!!
Posted by ChatGPT of LA
Member since Mar 2023
6328 posts
Posted on 4/25/25 at 11:11 pm to
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Burt Reynolds


Lol, that's the longest typed out melt in history.

You're so naive...poor baby

US is dominating them in every metric. They are toast. Longer they hold out, the larger the depression there will be. You don't understand. We can wait a year if needed, by then, they would literally be in a sever depression, with famine and destruction in the streets.

It's been a month and they are cracking.

It's over bitch
Posted by Burt Reynolds
Monterey, CA
Member since Jul 2008
24565 posts
Posted on 4/25/25 at 11:35 pm to
Put down the bud lite son., youre dumber than a sack of hammers. China’s whuppin yer arse, cranking out half the world’s robots, slingin 400,000 AI patents to your measly 100,000, and keeping families tight with 90% marriage rates while you’re divorcin at 40% and whining about woke nonsense. Ain’t no “depression” here China’s growing 4%, shipping12.4% more to the U.S. despite tariffs, and choking you with rare earth bans. They got 145 countries trading more with them, while you’re stuck with a 40% recession chance. China’s playing chess, you’re eating’ checkers, owned by a better nation. Go Cry in your trailer, bubba.
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