Name: Trump’s Trade War Threat to China
Uploaded: 2021-07-19T14:12:07.000Z
Duration: 10 min 22 s
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That and more on this week's China news headlines.

We've entered a new phase in the US-China Trade War.

the first in a new round of tariffs against China went into effect—

15% on 112 billion dollars worth of goods.

That means about two thirds of Chinese imports

everyone's favorite seasonal Chinese import:

There's already a spicy chicken mooncake.

virtually all Chinese imports will be taxed,

when the second round of new tariffs go into effect.

That will be 15% on another 160 billion dollars worth of imports.

But the Chinese Communist Party is playing a waiting game—

hoping things will get worse for Trump instead.

They hope Trump will lose the 2020 election,

and someone more favorable to Beijing will be elected.

Obviously, Trump is pretty confident in himself.

He tweeted that *when* he wins reelection,

Tougher than a Trump steak served well done.

actually getting a trade deal won't be easy.

And as former U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis said

at a recent talk at the Council on Foreign Relations,

“And watching what's going on in Hong Kong right now,

their authoritarian mode against their own people,

it takes a real stretch of imagination to say

they would treat foreigners better than they'd treat

The US-China Trade War isn't just about trade imbalances.

The Chinese Communist Party has used illegal trade practices,

and currency manipulation to boost the Chinese economy

the Chinese telecom giant Huawei is being investigated

over new allegations of technology theft.

“Huawei was accused of stealing intellectual property

from multiple people and companies over several years.”

That's why China is taking the US to court.

China has lodged its third complaint about tariffs

has lodged complaints about China to the WTO—

So the Chinese regime should have first hand experience

with how toothless one of those WTO complaints can be.

the Chinese regime is taking steps to ensure

you'll be seeing fewer stories about technology theft—

like this one from the Wall Street Journal.

No, not because they're going to stop stealing.

They just banned a Wall Street journal reporter.

is actually China's drug war against the United States.

that Chinese leader Xi Jinping has not honored his agreement

to block shipments of fentanyl from China.

Of course, China's top drug enforcement official

In April, China said it would ban all forms of Fentanyl,

But, they never specifically said they wouldn't ship it to Mexico,

and use drugs cartels to smuggle it across the border!

Speaking of mysterious substances turning up,

a mysterious and strange shiny gel on the Moon.

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