by Brian Shilhavy
Editor, Health Impact News

President Trump apparently put out a false post on his Truth Social platform today claiming that China was ready to cut a deal and that he was waiting for a phone call from China that initially caused the U.S. Stock Market to soar higher in early day trading, but when the White House confirmed that tariffs against China will now be 104% after midnight tonight, the Stock Market went back into a free fall and ended up in negative again today.

China shows no signs of caving in, and continues to vow to “fight to the end.”

As to Trump’s claim that Apple’s iPhone can be manufactured in the U.S., a video mocking Trump and Americans working factory jobs went viral on TikTok.

Amazon.com and other online retailers are beginning to raise their prices, with some websites reportedly adding a “Trump liberation tariff” fee at checkout.

Meanwhile, Trump is requesting $1 trillion for a new defense budget, which would be the largest in U.S. history, just two months after he promised to slash the military budget in half, proving that he is not interested in balancing the budget by reducing spending, but by asking the rest of the world to fund our wars and our economy through tariffs.

Here is today’s news feed from our Telegram channel.

EU proposes to hit US with 25% retaliatory tariffs on some goods

China is not the only one vowing to fight back against Trump’s tariffs.

From Euractv:

The European Union is planning to hit the United States with tariffs of up to 25% on a range of goods, escalating a transatlantic trade war ignited by Donald Trump’s sweeping duties last week.

The European Commission will propose targeting tobacco, steel, textiles, eggs, dental floss, poultry, and numerous other US exports to the bloc, according to an internal document seen by Euractiv, and first reported by Reuters.

The draft was circulated among EU trade ministers in Luxembourg on Monday.

Bourbon, which was on the EU executive’s original list, will not be targeted after Trump threatened to hit EU wine and spirits with a 200% tariff if Brussels targeted American whiskey. This comes after heavy lobbying by Italy and France to protect their domestic industries.

The list of targeted products includes diamonds, motorbikes, luxury boats, domestic appliances, tobacco, poultry and a wide range of agricultural products. (Source.)

China is also not backing down, and may partner with the EU to fight back.

From Reuter’s:

EU’s von der Leyen urges China to ensure responsible tariff response

The president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, urged China on Tuesday to ensure a negotiated solution to problems caused by the sweeping import tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump.

In a phone call with China’s Premier Li Qiang, von der Leyen “stressed the responsibility of Europe and China, as two of the world’s largest markets, to support a strong reformed trading system, free, fair and founded on a level playing field”, her office said in a statement.

Earlier on Tuesday Beijing rebuked Trump after he announced additional 50% tariffs on Chinese imports, calling it “blackmail”.

The European Union has proposed counter-tariffs of its own to Trump’s onslaught that has swept up dozens of countries, sent financial markets into a tailspin and fuelled expectations that the global economy may be headed for recession.

“China is willing to strengthen political mutual trust with the EU,” Li said, calling on both sides to safeguard free and open trade and investment. (Source.)

Russian Flamethrowers Enable Troops to Capture Enemy Positions Without Firing One Shot

From Sputnik:

Russia has a significant advantage over NATO in terms of heavy flamethrower systems, which have proved their effectiveness during the special military operation, Bekhan Ozdoev, the industrial director of the weapons cluster at the Russian state corporation Rostec, said.

“Heavy flamethrower systems that we produce are unique weapons, which provide qualitative superiority on the battlefield. There have been situations when these systems let our troops take enemy positions without firing a single shot.

There are no comparable analogues in the world, in particular, in Western countries. We have made significant progress in this area of armaments, leaving NATO countries well behind,” Ozdoev said. (Source.)

Trump Requests Record $1 Trillion Defense Budget as War With Iran Looms

Just two months after Trump promised to slash the military budget in half, he just announced a $1 trillion increase in defense spending.

This proves that Trump is not interested in balancing the budget by reducing spending, but by asking the rest of the world to fund our wars and our economy through tariffs.

Instead of punishing the American public which will now see rapid inflation through these tariffs, the U.S. budget could be balanced by reducing spending. Bring our troops home to defend our own borders, and put a freeze on all new military spending.

Cut out or vastly reduce Medicare, which costs MORE than our military spending, and only flows into Big Pharma to keep seniors and poor Americans perpetually sick. Natural medicine and natural non-pharma cures are not funded by Medicare.

From Information Liberation:

President Trump announced he is requesting a record-breaking $1 trillion Pentagon budget during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Monday.

“We also essentially approved a budget, which is in the [vicinity], you’ll like to hear this, of a trillion dollars,” Trump said. “$1 trillion, and nobody’s seen anything like it. We have to build our military, and we’re very cost conscious, but the military is something that we have to build, and we have to be strong, because you got a lot of bad forces out there now.”

“So we’re going to be approving a budget, and I’m proud to say, actually, the biggest one we’ve ever done for the military,” he added.

Two months ago, Trump floated cutting our military budget in half.

“One of the first meetings I want to have is with president Xi of China, president Putin of Russia,” Trump said. “And I want to say, let’s cut our military budget in half.” (Source.)

Is Market Rebound this Morning Based on a Trump Lie?

I had been assuming that today’s Stock Market open was the proverbial “dead cat bounce”, but some are claiming that it was based on a post by Trump on his Truth Social platform, which many took to mean the worst of the tariffs were over.

Trump claimed that “China also wants to make a deal, badly, but they don’t know how to get it started. We are waiting for their call. It will happen!”

Any English speaker can read the China English News sites for themselves to see that this is yet another LIE from Donald Trump, as China is clearly stating that they will “fight to the end” in this trade war.

I am today renaming Trump’s Truth Social platform to “Lies Social”.

Trump promised to inflict another 50% tariff on China by the end of the day today, so let’s see if he keeps his word on that one, and what the markets do afterwards if he follows through with his threat.

Beijing vows resolute steps against tariffs

Here is the actual China response today from the China State Media.

China has vowed to take firm and necessary countermeasures in response to the United States’ escalating tariff threats, reaffirming its commitment to defending national interests while upholding the stability of the global trade system.

Analysts said that China’s move sent a strong signal to the international community of rejecting unilateralism and joining efforts to safeguard multilateral trade rules.

They noted that Beijing retains ample policy tools to respond, including raising tariffs on US energy and agricultural imports, as well as further expanding export controls on critical minerals such as rare earth elements. These targeted actions are expected to increase pressure on Washington and could pave the way for a return to rational negotiations, they added.

“China will resolutely take countermeasures to safeguard its rights and interests, should the United States escalate its tariff measures,” the Ministry of Commerce said in a statement on Tuesday, hours after the US threatened to impose a further 50 percent tariff on China if Beijing does not withdraw its 34 percent counter-tariff. (Source.)

China 104% tariffs going into effect at 12:01 a.m., White House confirms

The Stock Market is back to a free fall at the time of my writing this….

From CNBC:

The U.S. tariff rate on Chinese imports will shoot up to 104% at 12:01 a.m. ET on Wednesday, a White House official confirmed to CNBC.

Trump on Monday had threatened to raise existing tariffs on China by 50% on Wednesday unless Beijing dropped its retaliatory duties on U.S. goods by Tuesday.

That same day, Trump said he specified that China faced a deadline of “12 o’clock” to remove its tariffs.

Beijing vowed that it would not scrap its 34% retaliatory tariffs. (Source.)

Trump’s China tariffs are a ‘Category 5 price storm’ for U.S. consumers, warns analyst Dan Ives

Tiny Tech is going to suffer the worst.

From Market Watch:

‘Saying we can just make this in the USA is a statement that incredibly understates the complexity of the Asia supply chain,’ the Wedbush analyst notes.

President Trump has roiled markets with his sweeping raft of tariffs announced last week — and those he is threatening against China, in particular, could spell bad news for U.S. consumers, according to Wedbush analyst Dan Ives.

This week, Trump threatened an additional 50% tariff on China, after previously hitting the country with a 20% tariff earlier this year and a 34% tariff announced last week. China, which has already imposed retaliatory tariffs against the U.S., has vowed to take more countermeasures in response to Trump’s threat.

“Saying we can just make this in the USA is a statement that incredibly understates the complexity of the Asia supply chain and the way electronics/chips/semi fabs/hardware/smartphones, etc. are made for U.S. consumers over the last 30 years,” Ives wrote in a note released Tuesday.

That supply chain, he added, is the foundation the U.S. tech world is built upon.

The tariff agenda, according to Ives, is akin to flipping a boat upside down in the ocean with no life rafts and telling U.S. tech and auto companies like Apple Inc. AAPL , Nvidia Corp. NVDA, Microsoft Corp. MSFT, General Motors Co. GM, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. AMD and others: “Good luck!”

Ives pointed to Nintendo Co. Ltd.’s decision to halt preorders for the Switch 2 console in the U.S., given the tariffs.

“This is just the beginning of every electronic [company] heading down the same treacherous path and U.S. consumers are about to see this Category 5 tariff storm hit the shores of the U.S.,” the analyst added.

In a separate note, Ives, a noted Apple bull, described the “tariff economic armageddon,” unleashed by Trump as a “complete disaster” for Apple given its massive Chinese production exposure.

“In our view, no U.S. tech company is more negatively impacted by these tariffs than Apple with 90% of iPhones produced and assembled in China,” he wrote. (Source.)

Trump’s tariffs won’t make America stronger. But they could make it irrelevant.

From Market Watch (a DOW Jones publication for Wall Street investors):

“America First” — great slogan, tricky consequences. Problem is, the world listens and then takes notes. Soon, everyone’s looking after No. 1, shaking hands with strange bedfellows and rewriting rules nobody really followed anyway.

Those tariffs — 25% on foreign cars, 10% on steel — were meant as friendly fire, tough love for our allies and rivals alike. But even friendly fire stings, and now friends and foes alike are quietly repositioning.

They’re finding partners more reliable than Uncle Sam and discovering, perhaps to their surprise, they get along just fine. It’s as if someone started a musical-chairs game, and America just realized it’s short a seat.

Now, you might be thinking: Sure, U.S. trading partners will posture for a while — play hard to get — but, eventually, everyone needs a seat at the American trade table. After all, the U.S. is not exactly a junior-varsity market. So, sooner or later, those countries will come back, make nice and sign whatever deal Trump slides across the Resolute Desk.

Except here’s the thing: Everyone else has just found another game. Different table, same high stakes. And guess what: We’re not invited.

Withdrawal has real consequences — it’s not a theoretical problem; it’s playing out in plain sight. Just days after Trump announced his auto tariffs, the trade ministers of China, Japan and South Korea got together for the first time in five years, promising to fast-track a trilateral free-trade deal.

Suddenly they’re all best friends, promising to double down on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), a pact covering nearly a quarter of the world economy, deliberately designed without an American chair at the table.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, with classic Japanese understatement, suggested that Washington’s tariff move was perhaps not fully compatible with the “mutual trust” that had underpinned the 2019 bilateral trade agreement, as seen in recent statements.

Elsewhere, Trump’s tariffs are turning old regional rivals into new pals. India and China — two giants who’ve eyed each other warily for decades — are burying their hatchets and talking business.

In Latin America, Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has decided he can’t afford to sit around waiting for Washington’s phone call. Instead, he’s booked flights to Tokyo, Hanoi, Singapore and Jakarta, deepening trade ties across Asia, as reflected in recent travel itineraries.

As Lula himself recently suggested, he’s got markets to open, business to do and no time for American indecision. The message from Brazil: If you’re not ready to samba, we’ll find another partner.

At the heart of this lies a deeper issue: America’s exceptionalism, a comfortable idea we took for granted, may not be as unshakable as we thought.

For decades, the U.S. has been able to throw its weight around, relying on others to quietly accept our dominance because, really, what choice did they have?

Well, it turns out choices exist after all.

Trump’s trade policy — bold, brash, proudly unilateral — is built for a world that no longer exists. It’s like bringing boxing gloves to a chess match: You’ll look rough-and-tumble, but you won’t win many games.

Even if tariffs vanish tomorrow, doubts about American reliability will linger, affecting trade for decades.

The risk now isn’t America becoming weak. The risk is America becoming irrelevant — surrounded by a world quietly, politely, but decisively moving on.

Trump’s “America First” agenda could easily slip into “America Alone.” (Full Article.)

Russia–Iran–China: All for one, and one for all?

From The Cradle:

Russia–Iran–China: All for one, and one for all?

Although perhaps not yet obvious to Washington, a US war on Iran will be viewed as one against Russia and China too. Both Putin and Xi know that Trump’s war is singularly directed at the transformational global ‘changes they are driving together.’ (Source.)

Amazon and Other Online Retailers Begin to Hike Prices

We haven’t had to do this yet at Healthy Traditions, but unless things change dramatically, we will have to take similar actions soon.

From The Information (behind paywall probably):

Online sellers are responding to President Donald Trump’s tariff announcements by tacking on checkout fees—some with cheeky names—or planning to do so. At the same time, sellers are gaming out exactly how much to increase their list prices and when, based on fast-evolving trade policies and competitive pressures.

Jolie Skin Co, a New York–based showerhead seller that makes its products in China, is planning to hike prices once final tariffs are set by adding a “Trump liberation tariff” fee at checkout.

While the brand has been planning for tariffs for several months, Jolie CEO Ryan Babenzien said he hadn’t been expecting the proposed levies to be so high.

“I don’t think anybody saw a world where he was going to increase tariffs the way he has,” he said of Trump.

Havenly Brands, which owns furniture and home brands including Interior Define and Burrow, has already been adding “import fees” of 7.5% onto some items’ retail prices and plans to raise base prices on products over the next several weeks, said Havenly co-founder and CEO Lee Mayer.

Marketplace sellers that make up more than 60% of sales on Amazon’s e-commerce site are also starting to take action. More than 20% of Amazon merchants working with commerce software provider Helium 10 have raised prices, according to Melissa Burdick, president of Helium 10 parent company Pacvue. Another half plan to increase prices once tariffs fully kick in.

The $1.2 trillion U.S. e-commerce industry has been girding for higher tariffs, particularly on goods made in China. These changes could hurt online merchants’ financial performance and spill over into other parts of the e-commerce ecosystem, like the digital ad market and e-commerce–focused logistics.

Merchants raising prices to pass along some of the costs to shoppers was inevitable. And merchants that sell through their own direct-to-consumer websites, as well as brands that sell on Amazon’s marketplace, can raise prices faster than brands that sell wholesale through retailers.

Retail prices are typically negotiated months in advance, with brands, not retailers, usually responsible for paying tariffs. (Source.)

Are Tesla and Apple facing the same fate in China as McDonald’s did in Russia?

After the U.S. placed sanctions on Russia in 2022, the McDonald’s American fast food icon left Russia, and all of their restaurants were rebranded to a Russian one as Russia took over all of their assets.

Will Apple, Tesla, and other Tiny Tech companies face the same fate in China?

From June 2022 Reuters:

Tasty name but no Big Mac: Russia opens rebranded McDonald’s restaurants

It might look and smell like McDonald’s but now it’s Vkusno & tochka. The golden arches are gone, the Filet-O-Fish is simply a fish burger. The Big Mac has left Russia.

A new era for Russia’s fast-food and economic scene dawned on Sunday, as McDonald’s restaurants flung open their doors in Moscow under new Russian ownership and with the new name, which translates as “Tasty and that’s it”.

The unveiling of the rebranded outlets, more than three decades after the American burger giant first opened its doors in Moscow in a symbolic thaw between East and West, is once again a stark sign of a new world order. The reopenings took place on Russia Day, a holiday celebrating national pride.

The fortunes of the chain, which McDonald’s sold when it exited the country over the conflict in Ukraine, could provide a test of how successfully Russia’s economy can become more self-sufficient and withstand Western sanctions. (Source.)

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