Trump puts extra 100% tariff on China imports, adds export controls on 'critical software'

President Donald Trump connected Friday said the United States would enforce new tariffs of 100% connected imports from China "over and supra immoderate Tariff that they are presently paying," starting connected Nov. 1.

Trump besides said that the U.S. connected that aforesaid day besides would enforce export controls connected "any and each captious software."

The president's announcement came hours aft helium threatened to slap "a monolithic increase" of tariffs connected Chinese imports successful retaliation for caller controls that China imposed connected exports of uncommon earths minerals from that nation.

"It has conscionable been learned that China has taken an extraordinarily assertive presumption connected Trade successful sending an highly hostile missive to the World, stating that they were going to, effectual November 1st, 2025, enforce ample standard Export Controls connected virtually each merchandise they make, and immoderate not adjacent made by them," Trump wrote successful a Truth Social post.

"This affects ALL Countries, without exception, and was evidently a program devised by them years ago. It is perfectly unheard of successful International Trade, and a motivation disgrace successful dealing with different Nations," Trump wrote.

"Based connected the information that China has taken this unprecedented position, and speaking lone for the U.S.A., and not different Nations who were likewise threatened, starting November 1st, 2025 (or sooner, depending connected immoderate further actions oregon changes taken by China), the United States of America volition enforce a Tariff of 100% connected China, implicit and supra immoderate Tariff that they are presently paying," helium wrote.

"Also connected November 1st, we volition enforce Export Controls connected immoderate and each captious software."

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