Originally posted by Carpentermaass84: China needs the US much more than we need them. I'd love to see Trump respond with 1000% tariffs just to drive the message home. Yes, we will no longer have access to cheap lead-tainted dog food but I'm willing to live with that.
well that and 90 percent of our antibiotic supply!!!!
Is that not also what we are trying to remedy???
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April 09, 2025, 10:24 AM
PowerSurge
The United States does not get 90% of its antibiotics from China.
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April 09, 2025, 10:30 AM
HRK
Wasn't sure myself, so googlized it and this was a result
"And according to official data, China exported $7.4 billion in APIs and antibiotics to the United States last year. India, which supplies approximately 40% of generic pharmaceuticals used in the United States, imports nearly 70% of its active ingredients from China. American drug makers are no longer in the business.Apr 28, 2020"
and
"Right now, the U.S. has virtually no capacity to manufacture antibiotics. That’s because China currently controls roughly 90% of the global supply of inputs needed to make the generic antibiotics that treat bronchitis, pneumonia, pediatric ear infections, and life-threatening conditions such as sepsis."
^^^^ That was 4 years ago. It's probably 99.9% now.
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April 09, 2025, 11:15 AM
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I have posted this before about sepsis. Also you should be taking vitamin D3 to prevent cancer and other sickness. Sambucol from Walmart can prevent the flu.
Dow and S&P surge in minutes after Trump says there will be 90 day pause
President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he will delay tariffs for 90 days for countries that did not launch a reciprocal tariff against the US.
He also increased tariffs on Chinese imports to 125 percent, citing China's 'lack of respect for global markets.
Trump attributed his decision to pause the tariffs to the fact that 'more than 75 countries' have reached out to the White House to negotiate solutions to the trade issues he raised with the new duties.
The S&P's surge is the most for an intraday move since April 6, 2020. Soon after the news broke just before 1.30pm [Eastern], the S&P 500 extended its urge to 7.3 percent and the , Nasdaq 100 soared 9 percent.
Nvidia shares jumped 12 percent, the most since July, while Apple shares rose 13 percent, the largest move in over 5 years since March 2020.
Trump posted on his Truth Social site: 'Based on the fact that more than 75 Countries have called Representatives of the United States, including the Departments of Commerce, Treasury, and the USTR, to negotiate a solution...and that these Countries have not, at my strong suggestion, retaliated in any way, shape, or form against the United States, I have authorized a 90 day PAUSE, and a substantially lowered Reciprocal Tariff during this period, of 10%, also effective immediately.'
But Trump started the post by slapping more levies on China. “Based on the lack of respect that China has shown to the World’s Markets, I am hereby raising the Tariff charged to China by the United States of America to 125%, effective immediately,” he wrote.
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April 09, 2025, 01:25 PM
BigSwede
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Originally posted by 2BobTanner: “The Art of the Deal” in action.
Sorry, embed not working at the moment. Huge news from Panama: Joint declaration by the US and Panama after Pete Hegseth's visit. Panama will abandon China's Belt and Road initiative. US warships will have "first and free" passage through the Canal. Fort Sherman, the Jungle Training Center abandoned in 1999, will be reopened.
