Are Trump's Asia tariffs a 'full-frontal assault' on China?

[Chase]

It's bad when you go quarrel with your customer.

The number of canceled sailings of freight vessels out of China is picking up as ocean carriers attempt to manage a pullback in orders due to the trade war and tariffs.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/16/tra...eight-ship-decline-begins-orders-plummet.html

 

[syed putra]

We need to understand that massive the trade-imbalance between US and China is also an issue for many countries.

It was like this since the times of the Romans. The chinese sent their silk and potteries. What did the Roman produce? Nothing.

 

[syed putra]

It's bad when you go quarrel with your customer.

The number of canceled sailings of freight vessels out of China is picking up as ocean carriers attempt to manage a pullback in orders due to the trade war and tariffs.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/16/tra...eight-ship-decline-begins-orders-plummet.html

That goes without saying. Trump started it. It's going to affect everything.

 

[Rogue Trader]

Economists are predicting the challenge of implementing this. Relabelled made in China products will continue to be shipped to the US via lower tariffed middle East countries. The costs of enforcing tariffs will be more than the tariff amount imposed.

 

[k1976]

Trump tariffs won’t lead supply chains back to U.S., companies will go low-tariff globe-hopping: CNBC survey​

PUBLISHED MON, APR 14 202512:51 PM EDTUPDATED THU, APR 17 20259:05 AM EDT

Lori Ann LaRocco@LORIANNLAROCCO
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KEY POINTS

• Most companies that responded to a new CNBC Supply Chain Survey said high costs are the biggest headwind in moving manufacturing back to the U.S., and that if they did so, they would favor automation over workers.
• Nearly half said reshoring would more than double costs, and a majority indicated that President Donald Trump’s trade war is likely to kick off a global search for low-tariff regimes.
• A majority of respondents said that, in the near term, price hikes are coming and consumer demand will decline. Recession is the base case for 63% of respondents.

A worker rests in a factory making steel bike rims for export to the U.S. in Hangzhou in east China’s Zhejiang province Friday, April 11, 2025.
Feature China | Future Publishing | Getty Images
If China is going to lose some manufacturing as a result of President Donald Trump’s tariffs, the U.S. manufacturing sector won’t be the main beneficiary, according to a new CNBC Supply Chain Survey.

The Trump administration says a reshoring boom is coming, but most companies that responded to the survey told CNBC that bringing back supply chains could as much as double their costs and that instead a search for low-tariff regimes around the world will commence.

 

[syed putra]

Trump tariffs won’t lead supply chains back to U.S., companies will go low-tariff globe-hopping: CNBC survey​

PUBLISHED MON, APR 14 202512:51 PM EDTUPDATED THU, APR 17 20259:05 AM EDT

Lori Ann LaRocco@LORIANNLAROCCO
WATCH LIVE
KEY POINTS

• Most companies that responded to a new CNBC Supply Chain Survey said high costs are the biggest headwind in moving manufacturing back to the U.S., and that if they did so, they would favor automation over workers.
• Nearly half said reshoring would more than double costs, and a majority indicated that President Donald Trump’s trade war is likely to kick off a global search for low-tariff regimes.
• A majority of respondents said that, in the near term, price hikes are coming and consumer demand will decline. Recession is the base case for 63% of respondents.

A worker rests in a factory making steel bike rims for export to the U.S. in Hangzhou in east China’s Zhejiang province Friday, April 11, 2025.
Feature China | Future Publishing | Getty Images
If China is going to lose some manufacturing as a result of President Donald Trump’s tariffs, the U.S. manufacturing sector won’t be the main beneficiary, according to a new CNBC Supply Chain Survey.

The Trump administration says a reshoring boom is coming, but most companies that responded to the survey told CNBC that bringing back supply chains could as much as double their costs and that instead a search for low-tariff regimes around the world will commence.

Companies will. Just sit out till Trump retires.

 

[TanSong]

I think so

 

[Eisenhut]

Not frontal but back door assault

 

[Chase]

Economists are predicting the challenge of implementing this. Relabelled made in China products will continue to be shipped to the US via lower tariffed middle East countries. The costs of enforcing tariffs will be more than the tariff amount imposed.

 

[Chase]

I think so

 

[rotiprata]

Companies will. Just sit out till Trump retires.

retire?... he's going for a 3rd term... jus look at his sapporters...

 

[syed putra]

retire?... he's going for a 3rd term... jus look at his sapporters...

The after the third term. Businesses needs stability for their future planning.

 

[rotiprata]

The after the third term. Businesses needs stability for their future planning.

his arse on fire now, how to win a 3rd term ?

 

[winners]

A look at the current Canton Fair in GuangZhou. Who says it's a ghost town?

 

[Chase]

The after the third term. Businesses needs stability for their future planning.