Recruiting the trade war: Trump increases tariffs on Chinese products and orders massive withdrawal of US companies in Beijing

Trump announced that the United States will increase customs duties on Chinese imports worth $ 250 billion, from 25% to 30% as of October 1.

In addition, he said that another tariff increase on Chinese products for $ 300,000 million, expected by 10%, will be 15% from September 1. However, almost half of these products have been transferred to December 15th.

Earlier, the US president had urged major US companies based in China to return home to continue operations in North America.

"Our country has stupidly lost billions of dollars with China for many years."Trump said in his Twitter account.

"They stole our intellectual property for hundreds of billions of dollars a year and they want to continue. I will not let that happen! We do not need China and, frankly, we would be much better without them. Huge amounts of money manufactured and stolen by China in the United States, year after year, for decades, must stop, " expressed.

In this context, he proposed a repatriation of American companies based in the Asian giant. "Our big American companies have the mission to immediately start looking for an alternative to China, including bringing their businesses home and manufacturing their products in the United States." affirmed.

Trump declared world war on fentanyl, a deadly potent drug

"This is a great opportunity for the United States," he said, adding that he had also commanded all courier and freight forwarders in his country, including Fed Ex, Amazon, UPS and the State What "Search and reject" All deliveries of fentanyl from China or around the world.

Fentanyl is a drug 50 times more powerful than heroin, very cheap, with a powerful and lethal effect, a hundred times higher than morphine. According to the DEA, This is a major threat to the public health of Americans.

"Fentanyl kills 100,000 Americans a year. President Xi said that it would stop, he did not do it. Our economy, because of our profits over the past two and a half years, is MUCH larger than China's. We will continue like this! Said Trump.