cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/47176268
President Donald Trump told reporters on Monday that China has to give the United States magnets or “we have to charge them 200% tariff or something” amid a trade dispute between the two nations.
Archived version: https://archive.is/20250825175243/https://www.reuters.com/world/china/trump-says-china-has-give-us-magnets-or-face-200-tariff-2025-08-25/
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So the previous “trade deal” he boasted about was just a “concept of a deal” and now we are back in full trade war … again.
And not just the one with China. All of the trade deals so far are just some agreement, with no legal consequences whatsortever.