(Observer News) According to the reports of American media such as NBC and Bloomberg, on March 16th, local time, Trump, a former US president and Republican presidential candidate, said in a rally speech in Dayton, Ohio that if he won the 2024 US election, he would impose a 100% tariff on the cars produced by China enterprises in Mexico, making China "unable to sell these cars in the United States".
The Republican presidential candidate, who faces four criminal lawsuits, also declared that only if he is elected will the domestic automobile manufacturing industry in the United States be protected, and if he is defeated, it will be a "bloodbath" for the automobile industry in the United States and the country.
In response to Trump’s remarks, campaign spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt added that "Biden’s policy will create an’ economic massacre’ for the auto industry and auto workers".
On March 16, 2024, in Ohio, USA, former US President Trump attended a campaign rally at Dayton International Airport. (Source: vision china)
At a rally on 16th local time, Trump discussed the possibility of escalating trade war with China on automobile manufacturing, and threatened to impose tariffs on cars made outside the United States.
Trump claimed that the vehicle manufacturing plant that Chinese enterprises plan to build in Mexico will not employ Americans, and they will not want to sell in the United States. If he wins this year’s election, he will impose a 100% tariff on every car that crosses this line (the US-Mexico border). "If I am elected, you will not be able to sell these cars."
Trump went on to claim that if he lost in the general election, "this will be a massacre." He also said, "If (I) don’t win this election, I’m not sure if there will be another general election in this country."
Later, Caroline Levitt, a spokesperson for Trump’s campaign, said in an interview with NBC: "Biden’s policy will create an’ economic massacre’ for the auto industry and auto workers."
Trump went to Ohio this time to give a platform to Republican senator candidate Bernie Moreno to help her canvass before the state’s primary election on the 19th. This year, Ohio will hold a Senate election. The result of the election is very important for the Democratic Party to keep the control of the Senate, and the Republican Party also attaches great importance to it.
After Trump made the above remarks, James Singer, a spokesman for Biden’s campaign team, issued a statement saying that this was Trump, the loser who was defeated by more than 7 million votes that year. "He did not attract a wider mainstream audience, but doubled his threat to use political violence. He hopes to come again on January 6 (the riots in the US Capitol in 2021). "
Singh said that the American people will vote Trump to lose again in the November election, "because people continue to oppose his extremism, his passion for violence and his desire for revenge."
Singh also mentioned that former US Vice President and Republican Burns has said that he will not support Trump in the 2024 US presidential election.
On March 12, local time, Trump locked in the Republican presidential nomination for the US presidential election in 2024, and Biden also locked in the Democratic presidential nomination. This enabled Trump to turn all his attention to the re-election with Biden in November.
After the start of the campaign, Trump has repeatedly hyped the topic of imposing tariffs on imported products from China recently.
Last month, Trump said that he was considering a plan to impose tariffs of 60% or more on all products imported from China and 10% on all goods produced outside the United States if he won the election. Earlier this month, he escalated his trade war rhetoric, saying that he "believes in tariffs very much", threatening to impose a 50% tariff on China cars, and declaring that he doesn’t mind tariff retaliation by China or other countries.
The US Consumer News and Business Channel (CNBC) issued a document saying that during Trump’s last term (2017-2021), he used the authorization under three trade bills to unilaterally levy tariffs without the approval of Congress. According to the report, Trump’s trade war with China has disrupted the global economy, raised consumer costs, stirred up the stock market and brought US-China relations to a deadlock.
With the release of the "Inflation Reduction Act" by Biden’s government, the prospect of China’s automobile manufacturers entering the US market has been cast a shadow. Recently, China auto companies such as BYD and SAIC MG reported that they planned to invest and build factories in Mexico, which triggered the concern of the US.
When asked at a regular press conference on December 21st last year, China Ministry of Commerce spokesperson Shu Jueting said that in recent years, many China new energy vehicle companies have entered the Mexican market to carry out trade and investment cooperation and help local green development. Mexico has said many times that it welcomes more Mexican enterprises to invest in China. Pragmatic cooperation between China and Mexico is a matter between two sovereign countries, and it is a normal business activity carried out by enterprises of both sides based on international rules and market principles, and no third party has the right to interfere. We urge the countries concerned to stop economic coercion.
On March 12th this year, at a regular press conference hosted by Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin, the editor of Bloomberg asked: Trump, a former US president and Republican presidential candidate, said that if he was successful in the election, he planned to raise tariffs on imported products from China, and he would not mind China’s tariff retaliation. Trump has threatened to impose a 60% tariff on all products from China. What’s the spokesman’s comment? Will China take tariff retaliatory measures against American products? Will you complain to the WTO or take other actions?
Wang Wenbin said: The election is an internal affair of the United States, and we will not comment. What I want to emphasize is that the essence of Sino-US economic and trade relations is mutual benefit and win-win. Tariff war and a trade war are not good for China, the United States and the world.
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