There dark duties Of Donald Trump He breaks down on Canada, Mexico And China. In fact, unless rethinking of the last hour, the rates that the American president threatens for weeks against three of his major Commercial partners. Guilty, in his opinion, of not having done enough to stop the flow of Fenanyl And migrants towards the USA. From April 2, however, the president has announced that he also wants to hit the agricultural products. On his social network Truththe president warned the “great ones American farmers»To prepare for an increase from the demand of their products, for which no new tax will start.
Trump did not offer details on the sectors that will be affected or if there will be exceptions. It is not even clear whether they fall into the mutual duties which intends to impose on all Commercial partners, EU Included.
While the negotiations behind the scenes continue to avoid the rates, Octawa And Mexico City they hope for a rethinking in extremis that avoids the entry into force of Rates at 25%. Beijing Instead he has already threatened retaliation in the event that the duties were doubled to the 20%. «If USA they insist on imposing unilateral duties and formally announce relevant measures, the China will surely adopt countermeasures strong and powerful », inform informed sources at Global Timestabloid of People’s newspaperexplaining that the answers “will probably include it rates is a series of non -tariff measures, and agricultural goods And US food They will most likely be listed ».
Trump seems intent on pulling straight against Beijing which, unlike Canada And Mexicodid not make openings to the administration. To the threat of dutiesIndeed, Octawa he replied by creating one ‘Tsar for the Fenanyl‘and has allocated further resources against the organized crime. The Mexico Instead he deployed troops on the border and delivered to the United States some bosses of Sandies of the Dontracraffic included Dear Quinterothe founder of the cartel of Guadalajara who killed the agent of the Goddess – the Drug Enforcement Administration – Enrique ‘Kikì Camarena. Beijing Instead he did not move and, despite the contacts between the two governments, a telephone interview between Trump and the Chinese president XI Jinping It has not yet been held.
Just looking at XITrump announced an agreement with the giant of semiconductors Taiwanese TSMC. The company will invest 100 billion dollars In four years in the USA for the construction of plants for i chipessential in the race toartificial intelligence in which the United States wants domain. TSMC is the largest producer in the world of semiconductors and produces his chip more advanced only a Taiwanthe island at the center of the expansionist ambitions of the China.
This has meant that over the years the pressure on the company greeting to diversify production. In 2020 TSMC has opened its own system in Arizona and in 2022 he received 6.6 billion dollars from the Chips actthe law wanted by Joe Biden to relaunch the industry of semiconductors in the United States and harshly criticized by Trump who believes i duties more effective. Ever since he assumed the assignment, the American president has made the relaunch of the manufacture in United States his workhorse and appeared alongside manager of many companies that announced billionaire investments in United Statesincluded Apple And Openaithe rival of XAI Of Elon Musk.