Overseas media reported today (April 30, Beijing Time): "US President Trump said that China should pay for the high tariffs imposed by the US, and he expected China to absorb these tariffs on its own in an attempt to ease American consumers' anxiety over rising prices."
[Smart Comment]: Trump just had a phone call with Bezos this morning, asking Amazon not to mark up the cost of tariffs on goods, but in the afternoon, he claimed that China would absorb the tariffs on its own. This fully shows that Trump clearly knows that the actual cost of tariffs is borne by US businesses and consumers. However, this is just Trump's desperate move after receiving Amazon's "bill". He must come out to clarify and try to shift the problem back to China again. For an item priced at 100 yuan, no matter what the cost is, expecting China to pay an additional 145 yuan in tariffs and still sell it at the price of 100 yuan to the US market is undoubtedly a dream for the US. In fact, Walmart and other major US retail giants have already been forced by pressure to bear the cost of tariffs themselves and resume importing from China.
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