Donald Trump publicly accused a China having breached the agreement reached with USA To reduce the duty. The accusation raised the tension between the two main powers Economics of the planet, just when they tried to redirect their commercial negotiations.
The former president used his social network to express his discomfort with the actions of the Asian country: “China, may not surprise some, has totally violated its agreement with us. So much for being Mr. Good Wave!”
The statement came just days after both governments announced a progress in the de -escalation of the conflict commercial. At the beginning of the month, the delegations of Washington and Beijing had agreed a progressive reduction of reciprocal tariffs and agreed to keep the dialog channels open.
However, Trump He did not offer details about what the alleged breach by the Chinese government consisted. Nor did he specify if the United States planned to respond with New sanctions or other commercial measures.
The words of the Republican president They revived the confrontational tone which characterized much of the link between both nations during his mandate. On numerous opportunities, the US president described China as head of “unfair” commercial practices and to manipulate its currency to obtain competitive advantages.
Donald Trump celebrated the reactivation of his tariffs
Donald Trump celebrated the recent ruling Federal Circuit Appeals Courtwhich suspended a Judicial decision that limited its tariff measures. At the same time, he launched direct criticism against the judges who failed against him and said acted by political motivations and not legal.
The former president used his social truth account to share his point of view on the subject: “The International Trade Court (CIT) dictated one incredibly unfavorable sentence for the United States in relation to tariffs that were needed desperately, But, fortunately, the Plenary of the eleven judges of the Federal Circuit Court of Circuit has just suspended the order. ”
The Court’s ruling and Donald Trump’s response
The failure of Cit He had considered that Trump exceeded his powers by applying tariffs without the intervention of the Congress. For the magistrates, that decision broke with the principle of separation of powers, by assuming a legislative role that did not correspond to the Executive power.
However, Trump responded hard and defended his power to apply commercial sanctions without depending on Congress. “The president should be allowed to protect the United States from those who are causing economic and financial damage”, He said. In his publication he also called his critics of”Striving busy”
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In line with that position, he warned that the blockade of its tariffs would generate negative economic consequences for the country. “It is being acclaimed worldwide by all countries, except for the United States”, He remarked. In his opinion, if the ruling became definitive, it would be“the hardest financial sentence that has ever been imposed as a sovereign nation”
The ex -president also expressed his hope that the last word has the Supreme Court. “Hopefully the Supreme revokes it quickly and decisively”, Wrote. At the moment, the decision of the Court of Appeals is provisional, while the appeal presented by the Executive.
US collection according to Donald Trump
Since his arrival in power in 2017, Trump promoted a tariff -based commercial strategy as a pressure tool and defense of local production. “We have raised many billion dollars from other countries”He said.
According to him, those measures defined “The difference between having rich, prosperous and successful United States, and quite the opposite”
In his message, he also carried the three judges who voted in favor of stopping their policies. “How is it possible that they have caused such serious damage to the United States of America? Is it simply hate towards Trump? What other reason could there be?”He wondered.
In addition, he lashed out against the Federalist Societythe conservative group that advised him in the selection of judges during his first term. Especially pointed to Leonard Leowho occupied a key role as vice president of that organization.
“I was new in Washington and they suggested that he used the Federalist Society as a reference source for judges. I did it, openly and freely, but then I realized that They were under the yoke of a true scoundrel called Leonard Leo”, He said. It is worth remembering that Leo was central in the appointment of three conservative judges in the Supreme Court between 2017 and 2021.
Finally, Trump warned that requiring authorization from Congress to impose measures of this type would imply a loss of power for the Executive: “Hundreds of politicians would sit in Washington for weeks, and even months, trying to reach a conclusion about what to charge other countries that treat us unfairly“, He said.”That would destroy presidential power”, Culminated.
He Judicial process It is still open. Meanwhile, from the White House They insist that tariffs are part of a constitutional and necessary commercial policy to protect the interests of the country.
Source: Ambito
