China, EU Retaliate as US Tariffs Kick in; House Panel Reviews US 2025 Trade Policy

Beijing announced a tariff hike on U.S. imports from 34 percent to 84 percent shortly after America’s 104 percent tariffs on Chinese imports kicked in on Wednesday. The EU said it would impose 25 percent tariffs on a range of U.S. imports in a first round of countermeasures. The 27-member bloc faces U.S. tariffs of 20 percent on most products and higher duties on autos and steel. Countermeasures in Canada, a close U.S. ally and major trading partner, also took effect on Wednesday.

U.S. trade representative Jamieson Greer testified on Wednesday before the House Ways and Means Committee on President Donald Trump’s 2025 trade policy agenda.

Topics in this episode include:

1. China Retaliates With 84 Percent Tariffs on US Goods
2. US Raises Charges on Small Parcels From China
3. EU Backs First Countermeasures to US Tariffs
4. Taiwan Offers Zero Tariffs, More US Investment
5. Italy’s Meloni to Meet Trump for Tariff Talks
6. Bessent Warns China Not to Escalate Tariff Situation
7. Speaker Under Pressure to Deliver Budget Vote
8. A Strategy to Revitalize the US Defense Industrial Base
9. Trump Admin Freezes Cornell, Northwestern Funding
10. US Given 1 Day to Show Evidence for Deporting Protester
11. DHS to Start Screening Immigrant Applicants for Anti-Semitism
12. Acting IRS Commissioner Resigns After DHS Data Agreement
13. ATC Managers Replaced at Reagan National Airport
14. Trump Orders DOJ Review of State Energy Regulations
15. DOJ Antitrust Division Investigates Egg Prices
16. Israeli PM First to Meet Trump After New Tariffs
17. Chinese Regime Ramps Up Pressure on African Leaders
18. Hegseth Describes Chinese Threat to Western Security
19. Western Intel Agencies Warn of Chinese Spyware Threat
20. German Conservatives Form Coalition With Social Democrats
21. Nationwide Union Strikes Bring Greece to a Halt
22. President Duda: US Will Not Withdraw From Poland
23. NATO Performs Multinational Exercises on Black Sea
24. Japan, NATO Agree to Strengthen Ties at ‘Pivotal Time’
25. Korea Opposition Leader Lee Resigns
26. Fire Kills 20 at Nursing Home in China
27. Naples Chocolate Factory Creates Giant Easter Egg

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