Trump reportedly wants to hit China with tariffs on $200 billion worth of goods, which would be a ma
Source: Business Insider
President Donald Trump is ready to take the trade war with China to the next level, according to a new report.
Bloomberg reported Thursday that Trump had told aides that he wants to follow through on a threat to impose tariffs on another $200 billion worth of Chinese goods as early as next week. That would mean more than half of all Chinese imports would be subject to tariffs.
The tariffs could go into effect after the public-comment period ends on September 6.
According to the report, the move is not a done deal and the administration could impose the tariffs in installments to lessen the impact. Economists have warned that substantially ramping up the trade war would increase costs for US businesses and harm American companies.
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Trump reportedly wants to hit China with tariffs on $200 billion worth of goods, which would be a massive escalation of the trade war
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Trump is not unlike any other GOP President...the debt warriors ("won't somebody PLEASE think of the children????"
, so urgent and critical when Democrats are fixing their inherited messes (see Clinton cirica 1993-1994 or Obama circa 2008-2009), suddenly become the equivalent of economic terrorists when they are in power.
Tax cuts for the rich
Cuts to social programs
Nothing for working people
Profligate Military spending
Bush and Trump (and previously Reagan) are doing exactly what they always do - wrecking the economy on failed ideological grounds, running up debts and decreasing competition and competitiveness of American manufacturers on the open markets and then creating recessions (or the next one I fear will be a "Greater Depression"...I am trademarking the slogan now...MDGA - "Made Depressions Great Again).
Second verse? Same as the first!
Yeah, go ahead, asshole.
I was talking to a old friend that is a died-in-the-wool Trumpanzee (that's why he's an "old" friend). I was talking about how the soybean crop looked exceptionally abundant this year, but I wondered if they'll be able to sell them. He had no idea what I was talking about. He didn't know that Trump had put tariffs on things, and that China retaliated by not buying soybeans. He didn't know anything about the $12 billion Trump promised to give to the farmers as a handout. 
I've come to the conclusion that most Trumptards have no idea how badly he's harming our country, and that's due almost exclusively to their predilection for FOX Noise. 
And they actually believe they're well informed voters. 
They don't know jack!
The great negotiator.
