104% China Tariffs Take Effect at 12:01 a.m. April 9th, 2025 EST

The 104% tariff on China took effect at 12:01 a.m. April 9, 2025 after China failed to lift its 34% retaliatory tariff by the deadline.

I am glad. China has been ripping us off for decades. And stealing all of our intellectual property. Enough.

Anyone crying for China is ought to move there. Cheer for America, do not aid the enemy.

If there are shortages in critical industries, Trump should invoke the Defense Production Act (DPA). The Cold War–era law gives the president significant emergency authority to control domestic industries.

The market lost the previous gains of earlier today. That is temporary.

Meanwhile in China……The deadline for China to remove its 34% retaliatory tariff was April 8, 2025 at 12 PM EST. After China failed to comply, the tariff was increased by an additional 50%, bringing the total to 104%, effective at 12:01 AM on April 9th.

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