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2025.07.31 03:16
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2025.07.31 03:16
Within the Federal Reserve's monetary policy announcement, US President Donald Trump is sharing his own words.
Referring to the Fed, Trump noted a few seconds ahead of the release:
Powell is always too late, even if he does it today.
I hear the Fed will cut rates in September.
Keeping interest rates high is hurting people.
Powell probably won't lower rates today.
Meanwhile, the White House reported that the US President signed an executive order implementing an additional 40% tariff on Brazil, bringing the total tariff amount to 50%. Also, the Trump proclamation imposes a universal 50% tariffs on imports of semi-finished copper products and copper-intensive derivative products, effective August 1st.
Finally, Trump noted that the US is "moving along" well with China, while criticising Canada and India for their high tariffs on US products.
US-China Trade War FAQs
Generally speaking, a trade war is an economic conflict between two or more countries due to extreme protectionism on one end. It implies the creation of trade barriers, such as tariffs, which result in counter-barriers, escalating import costs, and hence the cost of living.
An economic conflict between the United States (US) and China began early in 2018, when President Donald Trump set trade barriers on China, claiming unfair commercial practices and intellectual property theft from the Asian giant. China took retaliatory action, imposing tariffs on multiple US goods, such as automobiles and soybeans. Tensions escalated until the two countries signed the US-China Phase One trade deal in January 2020. The agreement required structural reforms and other changes to China's economic and trade regime and pretended to restore stability and trust between the two nations. However, the Coronavirus pandemic took the focus out of the conflict. Yet, it is worth mentioning that President Joe Biden, who took office after Trump, kept tariffs in place and even added some additional levies.
The return of Donald Trump to the White House as the 47th US President has sparked a fresh wave of tensions between the two countries. During the 2024 election campaign, Trump pledged to impose 60% tariffs on China once he returned to office, which he did on January 20, 2025. With Trump back, the US-China trade war is meant to resume where it was left, with tit-for-tat policies affecting the global economic landscape amid disruptions in global supply chains, resulting in a reduction in spending, particularly investment, and directly feeding into the Consumer Price Index inflation.
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