{"id":2244055,"date":"2024-05-14T08:46:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T12:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-to-maintain-trump-era-policy-increase-tariffs-on-numerous-chinese-imports\/"},"modified":"2024-05-14T08:49:56","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T12:49:56","slug":"biden-to-maintain-trump-era-policy-increase-tariffs-on-numerous-chinese-imports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-to-maintain-trump-era-policy-increase-tariffs-on-numerous-chinese-imports\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden to uphold Trump&#8217;s policy, raise tariffs on many Chinese imports"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-to-maintain-trump-era-policy-increase-tariffs-on-numerous-chinese-imports%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2244055&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Joe Biden is increasing tariffs on various Chinese imports, \u200dfocusing \u2062on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/thanks-biden-gigantic-american-oil-caverns-sitting-empty-will-take-decades-to-refill\/\" title=\"Biden's Contribution: Vast US Oil Caverns Empty, Slow to Refill\">electric \u200dvehicles<\/a>, solar components, and semiconductors with rates rising up to 50%. Expected to affect $18 billion in Chinese imports over two years.\u200d Biden also supports maintaining former\u2062 President Trump&#8217;s \u2062tariffs on over $300 billion of Chinese goods. Biden defends the move for diversified global production. President Joe Biden is \u200delevating tariffs on a \u200drange of Chinese imports, specifically targeting electric vehicles, solar components, and semiconductors with increases of up to 50%. This action is projected to impact $18 billion worth\u2064 of Chinese imports within the next two years. \u200cAdditionally, Biden \u200cis \u200dbacking the retention of \u200ctariffs on more\u200d than $300 billion of Chinese goods\u2063 initiated by former\u200b President Trump, emphasizing the need for diversified global production.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden is set to increase tariffs on multiple Chinese imports, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/transportation-sec-pete-buttigieg-to-dole-out-450m-in-taxpayer-funded-grants-to-clogged-u-s-ports\/\" title=\"Transportation Sec. Pete Buttigieg To Dole out 0M in Taxpayer-Funded Grants to Clogged U.S. Ports\">including electric vehicles<\/a>, battery components, semiconductors, microchips, and steel and aluminum.<\/p>\n<p>The tariff rates will hit electric vehicles, solar components, and semiconductors from China the hardest with an increase from 25% to 50%, while tariffs on other sectors will increase to 25%, USA Today <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/elections\/2024\/05\/14\/biden-raises-tariffs-china-electric-cars-solar\/73675733007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>. The new tariffs on China, which will be announced by Biden at the White House on Tuesday, will be implemented over the next two years and are estimated to affect around $18 billion in Chinese imports. During his speech, Biden will also officially endorse keeping tariffs implemented by former President Donald Trump on more than $300 billion of Chinese goods, The New York Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/14\/us\/politics\/biden-china-tariffs.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s increase in tariffs on China comes after the president <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeBiden\/status\/1154809858555883522\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">spent<\/a> months campaigning <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeBiden\/status\/1138506137697959939\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">against<\/a> former President Donald Trump\u2019s tariffs on the communist country. The then-Democratic presidential candidate blasted Trump multiple times in 2019 for his tariffs on Chinese imports, calling Trump\u2019s policies \u201csenseless\u201d and arguing that, in the end, Americans would end up \u201cfoot[ing] the bill.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMexico isn\u2019t paying for the wall. American military families are. China isn\u2019t paying for the tariffs. American farmers and manufacturers are,\u201d Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeBiden\/status\/1170806514472247296\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweeted<\/a> in September 2019. \u201cThe American people continue to foot the bill for President Trump\u2019s senseless political games.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A senior Biden administration official defended the president\u2019s new tariffs on China, saying the world needs \u201cdiversified, not concentrated, production of our most critical goods and technologies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChina can\u2019t be the only country that produces clean technology for the world we need,\u201d a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/miles-anonymous-taylor-accidentally-exposes-the-fraudulence-of-the-mainstream-media\/\" title=\"Miles 'Anonymous' Taylor Accidentally Exposes the Fraudulence of the Mainstream Media\">senior administration official<\/a> said. \u201cWe need diversified, not concentrated, production of our most critical goods and technologies,\u201d the official said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/05\/14\/politics\/biden-tariffs-chinese-imports\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a>, adding, \u201cThat\u2019s the kind of dynamic we think will produce resilient supply chains and clean technology.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration\u2019s increase in tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles will hit as the federal government continues to invest heavily in EVs and green energy. Lael Brainard, director of the White House National Economic Council, said that Biden\u2019s move especially hopes to aid \u201ccommunities in Michigan and Pennsylvania,\u201d two 2024 battleground states that could help decide the winner of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/are-covid-case-surges-more-fake-news\/\" title=\"Are COVID Case Surges More Fake News?\">presidential election<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know China\u2019s unfair practices have harmed communities in Michigan and Pennsylvania and around the country that are now having the opportunity to come back due to President Biden\u2019s investment agenda,\u201d said Brainard.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1712242396228000&#038;usg=AOvVaw3WzjrNXCr1KblP2z8dS_jB\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Trump proposed increasing tariffs on China across the board to more than 60%. The former president also denied that he had started a \u201ctrade war\u201d with China during his one term in the White House.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not a trade war. I did great with China with everything,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/republican-candidate-trump-china-tariffs-we-have-do-it-2024-02-04\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> in February. \u201cI want China to do great, I do. And I like President Xi a lot. He was a very good friend of mine during my term.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden plans to raise tariffs on various Chinese imports, affecting electric vehicles, battery components, semiconductors, microchips, steel, and aluminum. The proposed tariff hike will particularly impact electric vehicles, solar components, and semiconductors, seeing an increase from 25% to 50%. Other sectors will face a tariff rise to 25%<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":324,"featured_media":2244056,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/05\/BidenTrump-e1715686914741.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2244055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/05\/BidenTrump-e1715686914741.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2244055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/324"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2244055"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2244055\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2244056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2244055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2244055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2244055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}