President Donald Trump recently said that the US will impose an additional 100% tariff on goods from China, on top of the existing 30% tax. In a post on social media platform Truth Social, Trump writes: “...the United States of America will impose a Tariff of 100% on China, over and above any Tariff that they are currently paying.” In the post, he further added that the country will also impose software export controls on China next month. “Also on November 1st, we will impose Export Controls on any and all critical software,” Trump wrote in the post.
While the post does not mention what the ‘critical software’ entails, a report by Reuters says that restrictions on US software shipments to China could deal a major setback to the country's tech sector, particulalrly cloud computing and artificial intelligence industries.
The post comes amid heightened tensions between the two countries. China recently tightened its rare earth magnet export controls, expanding restrictions on processing technology and spelling out its intention to limit exports to overseas defence and semiconductor users.
Read Donald Trump’s post on Truth Social
It has just been learned that China has taken an extraordinarily aggressive position on Trade in sending an extremely hostile letter to the World, stating that they were going to, effective November 1st, 2025, impose large scale Export Controls on virtually every product they make, and some not even made by them. This affects ALL Countries, without exception, and was obviously a plan devised by them years ago. It is absolutely unheard of in International Trade, and a moral disgrace in dealing with other Nations.
Based on the fact that China has taken this unprecedented position, and speaking only for the U.S.A., and not other Nations who were similarly threatened, starting November 1st, 2025 (or sooner, depending on any further actions or changes taken by China), the United States of America will impose a Tariff of 100% on China, over and above any Tariff that they are currently paying. Also on November 1st, we will impose Export Controls on any and all critical software.
It is impossible to believe that China would have taken such an action, but they have, and the rest is History. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
DONALD J. TRUMP
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
While the post does not mention what the ‘critical software’ entails, a report by Reuters says that restrictions on US software shipments to China could deal a major setback to the country's tech sector, particulalrly cloud computing and artificial intelligence industries.
The post comes amid heightened tensions between the two countries. China recently tightened its rare earth magnet export controls, expanding restrictions on processing technology and spelling out its intention to limit exports to overseas defence and semiconductor users.
Read Donald Trump’s post on Truth Social
It has just been learned that China has taken an extraordinarily aggressive position on Trade in sending an extremely hostile letter to the World, stating that they were going to, effective November 1st, 2025, impose large scale Export Controls on virtually every product they make, and some not even made by them. This affects ALL Countries, without exception, and was obviously a plan devised by them years ago. It is absolutely unheard of in International Trade, and a moral disgrace in dealing with other Nations.
Based on the fact that China has taken this unprecedented position, and speaking only for the U.S.A., and not other Nations who were similarly threatened, starting November 1st, 2025 (or sooner, depending on any further actions or changes taken by China), the United States of America will impose a Tariff of 100% on China, over and above any Tariff that they are currently paying. Also on November 1st, we will impose Export Controls on any and all critical software.
It is impossible to believe that China would have taken such an action, but they have, and the rest is History. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
DONALD J. TRUMP
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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