Trump announces additional 100% tariff on China imports, reigniting trade war with Beijing

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : The truce locked in place a 30% tariff on Chinese imports, with Chinese duties on U.S. imports at 10%.
53% : In his initial social media post, Trump also threatened to back out of plans to meet later this month with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in South Korea.
51% : Trump signed an order preventing U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods from shooting up to 145%, while Chinese tariffs on U.S. goods were set to hit 125% - rates that would have resulted in a virtual trade embargo between the two countries.
50% : Trump said the new tariff would go into effect on Nov. 1, adding that his administration will also impose its own export controls on "any and all critical software," effective the same date.
50% : "It is impossible to believe that China would have taken such an action, but they have, and the rest is History," Trump said in an Oct. 10 post on Truth Social.
50% : Trump later suggested he could roll back the tariffs if China scraps its export controls.
50% : "We're going to have to see what happens," Trump told reporters.
50% : Trump threatened the massive tariffs earlier in the day ‒ sending the U.S. stock market tumbling ‒ following what he described as an "extraordinarily aggressive position on Trade" from the Chinese.
50% : Trump said countries throughout the world have received letters from China detailing its plans to impose export controls on "each and every element of production having to do with Rare Earths, and virtually anything else they can think of, even if it's not manufactured in China."
50% : It is absolutely unheard of in International Trade, and a moral disgrace in dealing with other Nations," Trump said.
50% : Trump has imposed sweeping tariffs on imports from countries across the world in his second term.
50% : Trump accused China of "great Trade hostility" by planning sweeping rare-earth export controls.
50% : "Our relationship with China over the past six months has been a very good one, thereby making this move on Trade an even more surprising one," Trump wrote.

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