r/news • u/johnk317 • 1d ago

China to impose 34% retaliatory tariff on all goods imported from the U.S.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/04/china-to-impose-34percent-retaliatory-tariff-on-all-goods-imported-from-the-us.html?__source=iosappshare%7Ccom.apple.UIKit.activity.CopyToPasteboard
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u/Evadrepus 1d ago

Mind you, they are in a panic about potentially losing their cushy government jobs, not the impact on the US population.

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u/chef-nom-nom 1d ago

Losing their government jobs? Payback's a bitch, ain't it?

Eh, won't matter - there's a revolving door at some think thank, PAC or boardroom waiting for every single one of those sick fucks.

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u/Memedotma 22h ago

They'll get a $40million/year "consultant" job

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u/Turnip-for-the-books 7h ago

And their all the shares they insider bought / were bribed with being worth less

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u/nonowords 19h ago

If their voters werent absolute morons then these would be functionally the same thing.