‘Non-tariff dishonest’: Donald Trump warns commerce companions with 8 factors record in Sunday Easter publish

‘Non-tariff cheating’: Donald Trump warns trade partners with 8 points list in Sunday Easter post

US President Donald Trump on Easter Sunday issued a stern message to worldwide commerce companions, posting an eight-point record of alleged “non-tariff dishonest” practices that he claimed might harm relations with america. Among the many listed techniques have been foreign money manipulation, authorities subsidies, counterfeiting, and transshipping to evade tariffs.
The publish comes shortly after Trump introduced a 90-day suspension of reciprocal tariffs for many US commerce allies—excluding China. Chatting with reporters final Thursday within the Oval Workplace, Trump mentioned discussions with Beijing have been ongoing. “Yeah, we’re speaking to China. I might say they’ve reached out various occasions,” he mentioned.

Trump’s ‘non-tariff dishonest’ record:

Forex manipulation
VATs which act as tariffs and export subsidies
Dumping beneath price
Export subsidies and different authorities subsidies
Protecting agricultural requirements (e.g., no genetically engineered corn in EU)
Protecting technical requirements (Japan’s bowling ball take a look at)
Counterfeiting, piracy, and IP theft (over $1 trillion a 12 months)
Transshipping to evade tariffs

The 78-year-old has lengthy criticised what he describes as imbalanced commerce insurance policies. In Sunday’s publish, he additionally revived a controversial declare first made in 2018 about Japan’s so-called “bowling ball take a look at” used to reject US-made automobiles.
“It’s the bowling ball take a look at. They take a bowling ball from 20 ft up within the air and drop it on the hood of the automobile,” Trump mentioned. “If the hood dents, the automobile doesn’t qualify. It’s horrible.”
Whereas the White Home beforehand described the comment as a joke, Trump’s resolution to repeat it underscores his ongoing grievances over what he views as protectionist commerce limitations in opposition to American items.