According to observers, China has responded to President Donald Trump’s most recent tariff announcement more firmly and quickly than before, citing how it imposed 84 percent punitive tariffs on American goods only hours after Washington’s duties began to become effective.
The action, which Beijing announced on Wednesday evening ( Apr 9 ) evening and goes into effect on April 10, shows a marked change in attitude, with China no longer appearing to be concerned about losing access to the US for both exports and imports, according to analysts.
China’s State Council Tax Commission expressed regret for the US’s continued trade war, blaming the move as a “grave mistake” in a speech.
The commission said that” the US’s action seriously violates China’s reasonable rights and interests and significantly impairs the rules-based multilateral trading system.”
Observers said that it’s commitment to “fight to the close” in response to combined US tariffs of 104 % on Chinese goods is a significant change from its more optimistic stance in the first year of Trump’s presidency.
China now appears to be prepared to dissociate itself from the US market, drawing on the years of effort it has made to diversify trade, develop strategic plans, and strengthen political resolve, they continued.
Ponder Trump 1.0 as a shock that China was unprepared for. Trump 2.0 is a battle that China has prepared for the past eight years, according to Guo Shan, a companion at Hutong Research in China.  ,
” China is definitely much better prepared now to retaliate on all fronts and strengthen its regional economy to reduce additional risks,” he said.
China responded with reciprocal 34-per-cent tariffs on US imports that would go into effect on April 10 after the US first announced 34-per-cent tariffs on Chinese goods last Wednesday ( Apr 2 ), which came two days later.  ,
Additionally, it announced anti-dumping investigations into imported health CT X-ray tubes from the US and India, an expanded “unreliable entity” list with 11 new British entities, and new regulations for rare earth exports.
In comparison, other nations and nations that were also affected by US taxes, including the European Union, Japan, and South Korea, made preparations to deal with the US.