The President's Daily Brief
PDB Afternoon Bulletin | April 23rd, 2025: Trump Signals De-Escalation In Tariff War With China & Zelensky Rejects White House Plan To Cede Crimea To Russia
Wed, 23 Apr 2025
In this episode of The PDB Afternoon Bulletin: First, President Donald Trump is reportedly considering cutting tariffs on China "substantially," in the first real sign that the crippling trade war with the communist regime could soon de-escalate. Later in the show—Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has poured cold water on a peace proposal from the Trump administration that would recognize Russia’s hold over Crimea, calling it unconstitutional. The comments come in the wake of an ultimatum from Vice President JD Vance that the U.S. may walk away from negotiations if Kyiv does not capitulate. To listen to the show ad-free, become a premium member of The President’s Daily Brief by visiting PDBPremium.com. Please remember to subscribe if you enjoyed this episode of The President's Daily Brief. YouTube: youtube.com/@presidentsdailybrief True Classic: Upgrade your wardrobe and save on @trueclassic at https://trueclassic.com/PDB #trueclassicpod Birch Gold: Text PDB to 989898 and get your free info kit on gold StopBox: Get firearm security redesigned and save with BOGO the StopBox Pro AND 10% OFF @StopBoxUSA with code PDB at http://stopboxusa.com/PDB #stopboxpod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Chapter 1: Who is hosting the PDB Afternoon Bulletin and what is today’s overview?
Willkommen bei der PDB-Afternoon Bulletin. Ich bin Mike Baker, eure Augen und Ohren auf der Welt-Stage. Okay, lasst uns kurz sprechen. Zuerst einmal. Präsident Trump besagt, dass er die Tarife auf China substanziell reduzieren wird. In der ersten echten Zeichen, dass die krüppelnde Handelskrieg mit dem kommunistischen Regime bald deeskalieren könnte.
Später im Show hat ukrainischer Präsident Zelenskyj kaltes Wasser auf eine Friedensvorschläge der Trump-Administration getrunken, die Russlands Halt über die Krimea bemerken würde, sie als unkonstitutionell und als Ansteller zu nennen. Die Kommentare kommen aus dem Wachstum eines Ultimatums von Vizepräsidentem J.D.
Vance, dass die USA von den Negotierungen weggehen können, wenn Kiew nicht kapituliert. Aber zuerst das Nachmittagspotlight. Wir beginnen mit einem potenziellen Ausbruch in der Handelskriege mit China, als die Führer in Washington und Beijing ein Willen signalisieren, sich zu deeskalieren und möglicherweise einen Deal zu streiten.
Chapter 2: What are President Trump’s latest moves on tariffs with China?
Sprechend an einem White-House-News-Event am Dienstag, sagte Präsident Trump, dass er seine krippelnden Tarife auf China zu kühlen diplomatischen Temperaturen aufwenden wird, nach neuen Handelssitzungen mit dem kommunistischen Regime.
Chapter 3: Why is the US considering reducing tariffs on China significantly?
The abrupt U-turn from Trump, who has previously maintained a hardline stance regarding his tariffs on China, came just hours after Treasury Secretary Scott Besson told attendees of a closed-door investor conference hosted by J.P. Morgan that the trade war with China is unsustainable. That's according to an exclusive report from the Wall Street Journal.
Als Erinnerung, gestern im Monat hat die White House China mit einem Tarif von 145% auf die meisten ihrer Exporten getroffen, obwohl bestimmte chinesische Produkte jetzt zu Tarifen von 245% verpflichtet sind. China hat sich natürlich mit einem Tarif von 125% auf US-Gesetz verpflichtet und hat sich gezwungen, auf ihre Grundlage zu stehen.
Die Terrassen haben die Verhandlungen zwischen den USA und China zu einem virtuellen Standstill gegründet und breite Verluste in den globalen Stockmärkten getriggert.
Trumps Kommentare am Dienstag, aber, stürzten sofort Optimismus zwischen den Wall-Street-Investoren, mit den USA-Stocken am Dienstag, auf der Hoffnung, dass der ökonomische Stand-off in der nächsten Zukunft möglicherweise zu Ende kommen könnte. Aber die White-House-Affizien stressen am Dienstag, dass, obwohl es mehrere Optionen auf der Tafel gibt,
Discussions remain fluid, and the President has not yet made a final determination on how he wants to proceed. They added that Trump would need to see some movement from China to lower tariffs on US goods before Trump's tariffs are reduced.
When asked Wednesday about his remarks from the previous day, Trump didn't tip his hand, but signaled that he would not continue to play hardball with the Chinese Communist Party, saying, quote, we are going to have a fair deal with China.
Senior administration officials told the Wall Street Journal that they are discussing plans to cut the tariffs on China by more than half, with levies potentially dropping to somewhere between 50 and 65%.
Sie betrachten auch beruflich einen tierischen Ansatz, um mit China zu handeln, bei dem 35% der Tarife auf Bereiche, die die USA nicht als Threats zur nationalen Sicherheit bezeichnen, geimpft werden, während ein Levy von 100% auf Bereiche, die als strategisch für die Interessen von Amerika bezeichnet werden. But a White House spokesperson later cautioned, "...President Trump has been clear.
China needs to make a deal with the US. When decisions on tariffs are made, they will come directly from the President. Anything else is just pure speculation." Still, leaders in Beijing reacted somewhat positively to the reports, cautiously saying that they're open to trade talks with the US as long as the White House refrains from making any more economic threats.
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Chapter 4: How has China responded to the US tariff war developments?
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Chapter 5: What challenges remain for a quick resolution of the US-China trade war?
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Chapter 6: What is Ukrainian President Zelensky’s response to the US peace proposal on Crimea?
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Vance issued a blunt ultimatum to either accept the deal or risk the US walking away from talks. At a press conference, Zelenskyy declared, quote, Ukraine will not legally recognize the occupation of Crimea, calling the plan unconstitutional and stating flatly, quote, there's nothing to talk about here.
As we've been tracking here on the PDB, the plan, floated last week by American officials during closed-door meetings in Paris, aimed to freeze the front lines, meaning essentially handing Putin the 20% of Ukraine that his military currently occupies, block Ukraine's NATO ambitions, place the Zaporizhia nuclear plant under US oversight, and acknowledge Russia's hold on Crimea as the price for peace."
If adopted, the plan would represent a stunning shift in American foreign policy. Since 2014, Washington has refused to recognize Russia's annexation of Crimea.
And though the proposal stopped short of recognizing Russia's claims to four other occupied regions, Zelenskys' rebuke, delivered prior to the high-level summit in London today between U.S., Ukrainian and European officials, underscores Kiebs' alarm over what it sees as creeping Western acceptance of Moscow's redrawn map.
Es ist wert zu bemerken, dass der Vorschlag nichts über russische Truppenabschlüsse aus diesen beobachteten Regionen sagt. Zusätzlich zu den diplomatischen Fissuren wurde heute's London-Summit zu einer relativ niedrigen-Level-Meetung gedowngradiert, nachdem der Staatssekretär Rubio abrückwürdig zurückgezogen wurde, besagte logistische Komplikationen.
In seiner Absence wird Trump-Envoy Keith Kellogg die amerikanische Delegation ledigen. The optics are unmistakable. What was once billed as a potential turning point in the pursuit of peace now risks becoming a sideshow. Meanwhile, Vice President J.D. Vance, speaking from India, laid it out plainly.
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