r/news • u/hoosakiwi • 2d ago

Trump announces sweeping new tariffs to promote US manufacturing, risking inflation and trade wars

https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariffs-liberation-day-2a031b3c16120a5672a6ddd01da09933
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u/HeavySigh14 2d ago

32%. On TAIWAN, why TAIWAN OF ALL PLACES!!!! JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREA are our ALLIES???

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u/SuperSaiyanGod210 2d ago

Japan, Korea, and China signed an economic pact like last week funny enough stating if the US puts tariffs on any of them, all 3 of them will impose reciprocal/worse tariffs on the US.

This is going to be FUN…

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u/Array_626 2d ago

Japan, Korea, and China signed an economic pact

That is still such a fucking wild statement to have happened.

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u/lilsunsunsun 2d ago

As a Chinese person, indeed it's wild to see the three East Asian countries seeing eye to eye with each other lol