Trump Announces 100% Tariff on Chinese Goods

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Trump Announces 100% Tariff on Chinese Goods
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Above: Donald Trump in the State Dining Room of the White House on Oct. 8, 2025. Image copyright: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

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Pro-China narrative

China's rare earth export controls are a calculated strategic move to protect national security. Beijing rightfully raised dual-use concerns after discovering that foreign military entities were transferring Chinese rare-earth materials for military purposes, thereby threatening international peace and stability.

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Pro-Trump narrative

Trump's 100% tariff response to China's rare earth restrictions is necessary to counter Beijing's extraordinarily aggressive trade hostility. China's sweeping export controls affecting all countries are an unheard-of moral disgrace in international trade that demands immediate American retaliation.

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