{"id":2497655,"date":"2025-10-10T17:36:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T21:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-threatens-massive-tariff-increase-in-response-to-chinas-sinister-and-hostile-move\/"},"modified":"2025-10-10T17:37:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T21:37:16","slug":"trump-threatens-massive-tariff-increase-in-response-to-chinas-sinister-and-hostile-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-threatens-massive-tariff-increase-in-response-to-chinas-sinister-and-hostile-move\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Threatens &#8216;Massive&#8217; Tariff Increase in Response to China&#8217;s &#8216;Sinister and Hostile Move&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Ftrump-threatens-massive-tariff-increase-in-response-to-chinas-sinister-and-hostile-move%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=2497655&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>The article reports that China has implemented new export control rules,effective December 1,requiring foreign companies to obtain licenses to export products containing any amount of rare earth materials. These materials are crucial for manufacturing high-tech goods, including military equipment and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-cabinet-could-delay-tax-bills\/\" title=\"Biden&#039;s Cabinet Could Delay Tax Bills\">electric vehicle batteries<\/a>. China controls about 70% of global rare earth mining and processes around 90% of the supply.<\/p>\n<p>This move has been sharply criticized by U.S. lawmakers, with Republican Representative John Moolenaar calling it an &#8220;economic declaration of war&#8221; and a direct challenge to President Trump&#8217;s efforts to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >create fair trade conditions<\/a>. President Trump responded by accusing China of opposed trade behavior, warning that the U.S. is considering ample tariff increases on chinese imports and other countermeasures. He also expressed skepticism about upcoming talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping, suggesting that the new restrictions might jeopardize planned meetings. Trump emphasized that while China has tried to monopolize rare earth elements, the U.S. holds stronger positions in many areas and is prepared to respond firmly to protect its economic and national security interests.  <\/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><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>What one congressman has called an &ldquo;economic declaration of war&rdquo; has prompted President Donald Trump to threaten China with a massive tariff increase and to hint that he may cancel an upcoming meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, China issued new rules, effective Dec. 1, requiring foreign companies to get a license to export any product with any amount of rare earth materials, which are essential to making most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senators-introduce-bipartisan-legislation-to-end-us-reliance-on-chinese-minerals\/\" title=\"Senators Introduce Bipartisan Legislation To End US Reliance On Chinese Minerals\">high-tech products<\/a>, including fighter jets, as noted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/10\/10\/us\/politics\/trump-xi-china-tariffs-rare-earth.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>New limits on technology and equipment used to refine minerals or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michigan-communities-protest-plans-to-build-chinese-factories-at-home\/\" title=\"Michigan communities protest plans to build Chinese factories at home\">make electric vehicle batteries<\/a> are also being imposed.<\/p>\n<p>About 70 percent of the world&rsquo;s rare earth materials are mined by China, which processes about 90 percent of the global supply of these materials.<\/p>\n<p>China&rsquo;s new policy led Republican Rep. John Moolenaar of Michigan to explode.<\/p>\n<p>  <script> console.log(\"A\/B Test Video Player\"); \/\/ Helper function to set a cookie function setVideoCookie(name, value, days) {     var expires=\"\";     if (days) {         var date=new Date();         date.setTime(date.getTime() + (days*24*60*60*1000));         expires=\"; expires=\" + date.toUTCString();     }     document.cookie=name + \"=\" + (value || \"\")  + expires + \"; path=\/\"; }  \/\/ Helper function to get a cookie function getVideoCookie(name) {     var nameEQ=name + \"=\";     var ca=document.cookie.split(';');     for(var i=0; i <ca.length; i++) {         var c=ca[i];         while (c.charAt(0)==' ') c=c.substring(1,c.length);         if (c.indexOf(nameEQ)==0) return c.substring(nameEQ.length,c.length);     }     return null; }  \/\/ Function to determine or retrieve the split test group function assignSplitTestGroup() {     var group=getVideoCookie('splitTestGroup');     if (group===null) {         var rand=Math.random(); 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Trump wrote.&nbsp; &ldquo;They are becoming very hostile, and sending letters to Countries throughout the World, that they want to impose Export Controls on each and every element of production having to do with Rare Earths, and virtually anything else they can think of, even if it&rsquo;s not manufactured in China.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Nobody has ever seen anything like this but, essentially, it would &lsquo;clog&rsquo; the Markets, and make life difficult for virtually every Country in the World, especially for China. We have been contacted by other Countries who are extremely angry at this great Trade hostility, which came out of nowhere,&rdquo; he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Trump said he had been worried that relations with China were too good to be true.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Our relationship with China over the past six months has been a very good one, thereby making this move on Trade an even more surprising one. I have always felt that they&rsquo;ve been lying in wait, and now, as usual, I have been proven right!<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There is no way that China should be allowed to hold the World &lsquo;captive,&rsquo; but that seems to have been their plan for quite some time, starting with the &lsquo;Magnets&rsquo; and, other Elements that they have quietly amassed into somewhat of a Monopoly position, a rather sinister and hostile move, to say the least,&rdquo; he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Trump said he does not plan to lie down and take it, writing &ldquo;the U.S. has Monopoly positions also, much stronger and more far reaching than China&rsquo;s. I have just not chosen to use them, there was never a reason for me to do so &mdash; UNTIL NOW! &ldquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;For every Element that they have been able to monopolize, we have two. I never thought it would come to this but perhaps,&nbsp;as with all things, the time has come. Ultimately, though potentially painful, it will be a very good thing, in the end, for the U.S.A,&rdquo; Trump wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;One of the Policies that we are calculating at this moment is a massive increase of Tariffs on Chinese products coming into the United States of America. There are many other countermeasures that are, likewise, under serious consideration,&rdquo; he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Trump said talks with Xi seem pointless.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I have not spoken to President Xi because there was no reason to do so. This was a real surprise, not only to me, but to all the Leaders of the Free World. 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