Timeline Of Trump’s 2025 Trade War With China – Read full story below.
US President Donald Trump has target top economical challenger China with a cascade of duty order on billion of dollar of import good aim at narrowing a broad trade shortage , delivery dorsum doomed fabrication and cripple the Sublimaze trade .
Jan 21- A day after pickings business office , Trump endanger 10 % punitory responsibility on Chinese import , mention Sublimaze flow from China .
Feb 1- Trump enforce 10 % on good from China on with 25 % on Mexico and Canada , demand they curbing the flowing of Sublimaze and illegal immigrant into the US
Feb 4- China react with a broad scope of measure target US business include Google , farm equipment maker and the proprietor of manner trade name Calvin Klein .
Peking besides slap levy of 15 % on import of US coal and LNG and 10 % for petroleum oil and some car , beginning February 10 . It besides restrict export of 5 metallic element use in defense mechanism , clean and jerk free energy and other industry .
Mar 3- The US doubles fentanyl-related duty on all Chinese import , increase levy to 20 % , effectual March 4 .
Mar 4- China hit dorsum with 10-15 % relatiative levy on US agribusiness export , affect astir $ 21 one million million in US export . Peking besides enforce exportation and investing curb on 25 US firm , on evidence of subject security and ban import of familial sequencer from US checkup equipment shaper Illumina .
Apr 2- Trump escalate planetary trade clash with sweeping “ release day ” duty , announce a baseline 10 % across all import and significantly higher duty on some state . Trump card levy 34 % on all Chinese good , to return consequence on April 9 .
The Trump disposal besides decide to end duty-free entree for low-value cargo from China and Hong Kong , know as “ de minimis ” exemption , from May 2 .
Apr 4- China announce relatiative duty of 34 % on all US import from April 10 and exportation curb on some rare Earth . It enforce restriction on astir 30 US administration , largely in defence-related industry .
Peking besides suspend sorghum , domestic fowl and os repast cargo from some US firm .
Apr 8- The US raise duty on all Chinese import to 84 % from 34 % .
Apr 9- China raise its levy on US import to 84 % too , and add 12 US company to a control listing that forbid export of dual-use item and some other six to its “ undependable entity ” listing , which let Beijing to return punitory action against foreign entity .
The US foster hike duty on Chinese import to 125 % from 84 % . People’s republic of china ulterior on the day publish hazard warning to its citizen against travel to the US
Apr 10- China announce it would instantly curtail import of Hollywood movie .
Apr 11- China besides raise levy on import of US good to 125 % , dismiss the Trump duty scheme as “ a gag ” and bespeak it volition disregard any foster US “ Book of Numbers game with duty ” .
Apr 15- US chipmaker Nvidia unwrap that US official had inform it that its H20 bit would necessitate an exportation licence for gross sales to China .
May 10-12- Beijing and Washington clasp high-stakes trade negotiation over the weekend in Geneva . Both side let go of a articulation statement agree to a 90-day intermission on their steep duty .
The temp armistice mean US duty on China volition autumn to 30 % from 145 % , piece China duty on the US bead to 10 % from 125 % . People’s republic of china besides perpetrate to remove non-tariff countermeasure enforce against the United States since April 2 .
May 28-29- US say volition start “ sharply ” revoke visa of Chinese student . It besides order a broad wrapping of company to halt transportation good natural covering semiconductor , designing software program and air power equipment to China .
May 31- Trump say China violate the understanding reach in Geneva to reciprocally axial rotation dorsum duty and easiness Chinese curb on critical mineral export . People’s republic of china cull the accusal , expression US had introduce multiple “ prejudiced restrictive ” measure against China .
June 5- Chinese President Xi Jinping and Trump clasp an hour-long telephone phone call .
June 9-10- US and China clasp a new unit of ammunition of trade negotiation in London and range a model understanding .
June 11-12- Some Chinese rare Earth magnet manufacturer Menachem Begin to have exportation license . Trump card say trade armistice is dorsum on path .
June 27- Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent say US and China rich person decide issue about rare world mineral and magnet cargo to US
July 6- Trump endanger an extra 10 % duty on state he state be align themselves with the “ Anti-American policy ” of BRICS , which include China .
July 15- US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick say Nvidia plan to sketch gross sales of its advance AI H20 french fries to China is portion of US negotiation on rare Earth , change by reversal a US exportation ban in April .
July 28-29- US and Chinese official hold to seek an extension of their 90-day duty armistice after two years of negotiation in Stockholm . Both side describe the negotiation as constructive , but no major discovery be announce .
Aug 1- Bessent say believe that Washington has the devising of a trade with China and that he is “ optimistic ” astir the way forward .
Aug 8- US start issue license to Nvidia to exportation its H20 french fries to China .
Aug 10- Trump urge China to quartet its soy purchase from the US as the termination of the trade armistice loom on August 12 .
Aug 11- US and Chinaextend their duty trucefor some other 90 years .
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