Trump, come on! You're only 5 percentage points away from the real 250! The White House has levied a 245% tariff on Chinese syringes... On April 15, the official website of the U.S. White House openly announced that due to China's retaliatory measures, the United States took further retaliatory actions, imposing a tariff as high as 245% on Chinese products imported into the United States. However, we must notice that this obviously should be publicized as a great achievement is hidden below the text and is not easily found if you don't look carefully. Moreover, the title of this long and smelly document is "President Donald J. Trump Ensures National Security and Economic Resilience through Section 232 Actions on the Processing of Critical Minerals and Their Derivatives." Why doesn't the U.S. White House publicize the 245% tariff on China in a grand manner? It turns out that the 245% tariff applies to only one product from China, which is the syringe. American media have already summarized the details of the so-called U.S. tariffs on China, with the 245% tariff on syringes, 173% on lithium-ion batteries, 145% on toys, 75% on bauxite, 20% on mobile phones, and 0% tariff on children's books.
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