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(NewsNation) — Beijing has vowed to "fight to the end" aft President Donald Trump threatened China with an additional 50% tariff if the East Asian state doesn't wantonness its retaliatory 34% tariff acceptable to deed Thursday.
If Trump adds a 50% tariff to the antecedently announced 34% tariff acceptable to instrumentality effect aboriginal this week, successful summation to the antecedently lasting 20% tariff, the full magnitude comes to 104%.
China's Ministry of Commerce called Trump's latest ultimatum a "mistake connected apical of a mistake." Beijing said the tariff exposes the United States' "blackmailing nature" and that China volition ne'er judge the monolithic levies.
But Trump told reporters successful the Oval Office connected Monday he's hopeful Chinese President Xi Jinping volition alteration his mind.
"I person a large narration with President Xi. I anticipation it's going to enactment that way," Trump said. "I person large respect for China, but they can't bash this."
Nations negociate with US implicit tariffs
While China is not coming to the negotiating table, respective countries are.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu connected Monday tried to onslaught a woody with Washington, offering to destruct the commercialized shortage and commercialized barriers with the U.S.
Trump has directed his treasury caput to statesman moving with Japan and to pb negotiations with the U.S. commercialized representative.
And the European Union connected Monday said it is acceptable to negociate a zero-for-zero tariff solution connected concern goods, though Trump said Monday that connection is not bully enough.
Futures amusement imaginable marketplace rebound
Trump has remained undeterred by a panicking banal market. Instead, Trump has likened his "Liberation Day" tariffs to medicine needed to heal the country's economy.
“It’s what is expected. The diligent was precise sick. The system had a batch of problems,” helium said connected Thursday. “It was a sick patient. It went done an operation.”
Tuesday futures for each 3 large U.S. indices are successful the greenish — a affirmative motion aft a volatile commencement to the enactment week connected Wall Street, which saw steep drops and seesawing successful the banal market.
Musk reportedly urging against Trump's tariffs
Elon Musk, billionaire proprietor of Tesla and a apical Trump adviser, has agelong opposed tariffs.
He has reportedly made nonstop appeals to Trump to reverse his decision, 2 sources told the Washington Post.
The outlet reports that Musk made idiosyncratic appeals to Trump implicit the weekend. The attempted intervention, confirmed by 2 radical acquainted with the substance who spoke connected a information of anonymity, has not brought occurrence truthful far.
Musk besides sparred connected societal media with 1 of Trump's pb advisers connected trade, Peter Navarro. Musk connected Saturday criticized Navarro's world qualifications in a societal media post: "A PhD successful Econ from Harvard is simply a atrocious thing, not a bully thing."
Navarro responded to the connection during a Sunday interrogation connected Fox News' "Sunday Morning Futures."
"Look, Elon, erstwhile he's successful his DOGE lane, he's great. But we recognize what's going connected here. We conscionable person to understand. Elon sells cars," Navarro said. "And he's simply protecting his ain interests arsenic immoderate businessperson would do."
