The Daily Populous Saturday October 18th, 2025 morning edition
Authored by scmp.com and submitted by nohup_me

In a turnaround from the tough stance he took a week ago, US President Donald Trump said Friday that he planned to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping in South Korea in two weeks and suggested that imposing an additional 100 per cent tariff on all Chinese goods appeared unworkable.

But he also blamed China for the latest stand-off in trade talks.

“It’s not sustainable, but that’s what the number is,” Trump said on Fox News, suggesting that Beijing had given him little option but to throw out such a high number. “They forced me to do that.”

Trump also threatened new export controls on “any and all critical software” effective November 1 as part of the tit-for-tat salvoes. That would come nine days before a reprieve on existing tariff increases estimated at around 58 per cent set to expire on November 10.

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Since his January inauguration, Trump has repeatedly set, delayed and reinstated tariff deadlines on China and a host of other trading partners, roiling markets and upending business plans.

CrimsonHeretic on October 17th, 2025 at 18:53 UTC »

The people laughing at this don't seem to care or realize that this just shows he's doing this shit to make obscene amounts of money off gaming the stock market at the expense of the American people.

Mangled_Mini1214 on October 17th, 2025 at 18:14 UTC »

Tariffs on China are a pump and dump scheme for his friends. He talks shit but backs off.

VonKaplow on October 17th, 2025 at 18:11 UTC »

Is it Tuesday already?