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President Trump announced a 90-day pause on the full effect of his tariffs for most countries
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Wednesday, but not China. Trump saying via Truth Social the pause includes lowered reciprocal
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tariffs effective immediately for nations who have not retaliated against the U.S. in any way
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shape, or form. The president announcing he's excluding Beijing because of what he deems a
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lack of respect for world markets. Instead, Trump says he's raising tariffs against China
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to 125 percent and wrote, at some point, hopefully in the near future, China will realize that the
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days of ripping off the USA and other countries is no longer sustainable or acceptable. Trump says
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he came to the decision to pause tariffs on other nations due to more than 75 countries reaching out
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to the U.S. over concerns about tariffs announced on what he dubbed Liberation Day. The president's
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announcement comes as Straight Arrow News just reported the European Union voted to approve
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retaliatory tariffs against the U.S. in response to Trump's tariffs on European steel and aluminum
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