{"id":16216,"date":"2025-04-09T12:47:32","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T12:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=16216"},"modified":"2025-04-09T18:56:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T18:56:12","slug":"trump-puts-90-day-pause-on-international-trade-tariffs-but-increases-economic-rival-chinas-to-125-percent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=16216","title":{"rendered":"Trump Puts 90-Day Pause on International Trade Tariffs, but Increases Economic Rival China\u2019s to 125 Percent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This post originally appeared at <a href=\"https:\/\/thestarnewsnetwork.com\/2025\/04\/09\/trump-puts-90-day-pause-on-international-trade-tariffs-but-increases-economic-rival-chinas-to-125-percent\/\">https:\/\/thestarnewsnetwork.com\/2025\/04\/09\/trump-puts-90-day-pause-on-international-trade-tariffs-but-increases-economic-rival-chinas-to-125-percent\/<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<h5>by\u00a0Charlotte Hazard<\/h5>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced a 90-day pause on tariffs on dozens of countries, but also increased the tariff on China to 125%.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have authorized a 90-day PAUSE, and a substantially lowered Reciprocal Tariff during this period, of 10%, also effective immediately,\u201d Trump said in a social media post.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After the Truth Social post, financial markets almost immediately posted gains, after days of sharp losses since Trump announced the tariffs last week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Trump cares about trade, and we want to negotiate in good faith,\u201d Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said outside the White House, at an unscheduled press conference after the president\u2019s announcement.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Trump<a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/114309144289505174\">\u00a0also wrote in the post<\/a>: \u201cBased on the lack of respect that China has shown to the World\u2019s Markets, I am hereby raising the Tariff charged to China by the United States of America to 125%, effective immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump says he made the decision to pause tariffs after more than 75 countries have called to \u201cnegotiate a solution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013<\/p>\n<p><em>Charlotte Hazard is a reporter for Just the News.\u00a0<br \/>Photo \u201cDonald Trump\u201d by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo\/?fbid=122127747332723345&amp;set=pb.61571700369424.-2207520000\">The White House.\u00a0<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr style=\"height: 1px;border: none;color: #000;background-color: #aaa\" \/>\n<div style=\"line-height: 1.1;color: #aaa\"><span style=\"font-size: 10px\">Reprinted with permission from <a href=\"https:\/\/justthenews.com\/politics-policy\/all-things-trump\/trump-increases-tariff-charge-china-125-puts-90-day-pause-tariffs\">Just the News<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<hr style=\"height: 1px;border: none;color: #000;background-color: #aaa\" \/>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/thestarnewsnetwork.com\/2025\/04\/09\/trump-puts-90-day-pause-on-international-trade-tariffs-but-increases-economic-rival-chinas-to-125-percent\/\">Trump Puts 90-Day Pause on International Trade Tariffs, but Increases Economic Rival China\u2019s to 125 Percent<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/thestarnewsnetwork.com\">The Star News Network<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post originally appeared at https:\/\/thestarnewsnetwork.com\/2025\/04\/09\/trump-puts-90-day-pause-on-international-trade-tariffs-but-increases-economic-rival-chinas-to-125-percent\/ by\u00a0Charlotte Hazard \u00a0 President Donald Trump on Wednesday 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