China says it won't bow to pressure from Trump tariffs
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What are the main stories covered in this episode?
This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. I'm Nick Miles, and at 13.30 GMT on Thursday 10th April, these are our main stories. China says it won't back down in the face of a new 125% tariff imposed by President Trump. Sudan has taken its case accusing the UAE of complicity in genocide to the UN's top court. And a quick saliva test could be the secret weapon in the battle with prostate cancer. also in this podcast.
That stimulus was like a series of YouTube clips, like clips of Mad Max and The Matrix and so on and so forth.
Why researchers have been showing movies to a mouse and how the results showed them a new cerebral galaxy. Donald Trump's 90-day pause on most of his higher tariffs has benefited every single nation apart from China. The US president has said that the 90 days will be used to strike deals and claims around 75 countries have asked the White House for talks.
How is China responding to Trump's tariffs?
Meanwhile, China has been hit with 125% levies. This was what the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian had to say.
Out of its selfish interests, the U.S. has used tariffs as a weapon to exert maximum pressure and seek selfish gains. Let me stress that tariff wars and trade wars have no winners. China does not want to fight them, but will not fear when they come our way.
Keyu Jun is a global economist and author of The New China Playbook. She thinks businesses will try to ride out the storm in the hope things change, but the impact will soon be felt.
Soon enough, U.S. suppliers will feel it, just like Chinese suppliers are feeling it. The lesson of the first trade war is that when China slapped the 25% tariffs on U.S. soybeans, it led to so much resistance in the agricultural states that it eventually led to the phase one agreement. So China believes that by exerting equivalent pressure and having U.S.
What is the impact of the US-China trade war?
suppliers also share the cost burden along with Chinese is the only way to get the U.S. back to rational negotiation.
I spoke to our China media analyst, Kerry Allen, about reaction in China from top down.
China's Ministry of Commerce has said that the door is open to talks with the US, but it regards the action in recent days as bullying China. So I'm seeing messaging today from the government saying that dialogue must be conducted on equal footing and on the basis of mutual respect. And there is a hope that the US and China will meet each other halfway. Another message that's very strongly coming out in state media is that if the US wants to get involved in a tariff or trade war with China, it will not back down. There's a lot of messaging stressing that China will fight to the end.
And Kerry, what about what you've been hearing from ordinary Chinese people? How supportive are they? And if they're not supportive, would we hear from them anyway?
Well, it's difficult to know online because on social media platforms like Sina Weibo, which is China's equivalent of a platform like X or Facebook, you've got a situation where you've got click farms that put out patriotic messaging. You've also got censorship. So it's difficult to gauge how ordinary people feel. But at the same time, what I'm seeing today is video footage of ordinary Chinese in Beijing talking about how they feel.
We all know that now China does not rely on other countries to develop and that we have the capabilities of independent innovation. With the tariffs imposed by the US, we can use our own goods instead of imports. Our Chinese people are united and our country is strong enough. We'll fight till the end.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What are the main stories covered in this episode?
0:38–1:46
2
How is China responding to Trump's tariffs?
1:46–2:50
3
What is the impact of the US-China trade war?
2:50–4:33
4
How do ordinary Chinese citizens feel about the trade war?
4:33–8:32
5
What are the allegations against the UAE in the Sudan conflict?
8:32–13:37
6
How did scientists map a mouse brain like a galaxy?
13:37–31:26