Donald Trump Negotiates Trade Deal With China

May 13, 2025 Hunter Wallace Conservatism, Economy, Politics, Populists, Progressives, Trade 4

We can’t have a country because of egg prices, because of tariffs and the stock market, because of inflation, because of the due process rights of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, etc.

CNN:

“The decision by both the United States and China to drop stratospheric tariffs by 115 percentage points at the conclusion of two days of talks marked the most significant development in a policy approach that has been equal parts maximalist and messy. The de facto trade embargo between the world’s two largest economies had produced domestic and global economic pressure that appeared on the brink of calamity.

The de-escalation sent markets soaring across the world Monday, as it shed light on a Trump administration’s strategy to maintain significantly higher tariffs while incentivizing its largest trading partners to come to the table with offers. …”

Financial Times:

“US stocks wiped out their losses so far this year on Tuesday, as lower than expected inflation figures added fuel to a rally sparked by Donald Trump’s deal with China to cut tariffs. The S&P 500 was up 0.8 per cent by early afternoon in New York after data showing US inflation unexpectedly fell to 2.3 per cent in April. The move extended a strong rebound this month and left the Wall Street benchmark 0.2 per cent higher in 2025. …”

ABC News:

“Consumer prices rose 2.3% in April compared to a year ago, cooling slightly from the previous month and defying fears of an inflation surge in the aftermath of President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs last month. The reading — which marked the lowest inflation rate since 2021 — matched economists’ expectations.

Egg prices fell 10% in April compared to the previous month, offering some relief for shoppers, data showed. Still, egg prices stand much higher than they did a year ago.

By contrast, gasoline prices dropped 12% over the past year. The nationwide average price of a gallon of gas is $3.15, AAA data shows. …”

In the span of a week or so, Trump has negotiated a ceasefire in the Saar War between India and Pakistan, arm twisted Putin and Zelensky to negotiating an end to the war in Ukraine, fired Mike Waltz, snubbed Netanyahu in favor of negotiating with Iran, negotiated trade deals with China and the UK, secured hundreds of billions of dollars in investment from Saudi Arabia, continued a three month winning streak of cutting illegal immigration by 90%, brought down egg prices and inflation, erased all losses in the stock market, signed an executive order to radically reduce prescription drug prices and brought the first group of Afrikaner refugees to the United States to howls of outrage from libtards. He also managed to find the time to condemn White genocide in South Africa.

Overall, I think the president is doing a fantastic job executing his agenda and the headwinds he has faced – obstruction from leftwing district court judges, a polarized Congress gridlocked by the filibuster, panic in financial markets, foot dragging by Putin and Zelensky to negotiate – are not his fault and are baked in and would have stymied any president making these moves. He is exceeding my expectations.

Note: Seriously, it has gotten to the point where people are becoming near millionaires by dropping n-bombs and it has only been 100 days. What are these people complaining about?

4 Comments

  1. How has you life personally changed financially as a result of these tariffs, Wallace? Are your taxes(Federal, State, Property, etc) lower? Did Trump increase the child tax credit? Did the cost of food and utilities drastically drop relieving any of the financial burdens of being raising a young family? Other than saving a few dollars on eggs and putting gas in your car per week.

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    • Alabama recently passed a grocery tax cut.

      I haven’t noticed much of a change aside from gas and egg prices being lower. I understand the federal reconciliation bill is set to pass around the beginning of summer.

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  2. With this three month pause, Trump is wasting time. He only has until 2029 to complete his agenda. China knows this and will dither and stall, and will likely ignore any final agreement, anyway. Wasn’t the brief to get manufacturing back onshore?
    And consider the logistics. For items we just can’t make ourselves, it’s better to spread supply chains around equally between different nations with cheaper labour, but with leadership in tune with the West, which China is not. This ensures on going supply should strife afflict a given region at a given time. Having one hostile nation with a monopoly on manufacturing is rather foolish. Why is this flawed modelling only being given attention now??

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  3. Laura Loomer and Ben Schapp have turned on Trump. Trump is going to recognize the State of Palestine in exchange for huge piles of Arab money. The art of the deal, in your face jews.

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