US To Impose Extra 100% Tariff On China From November 1, Says Trump

US President Donald Trump. (Reuters File)

Responding to China imposing additional port fees per voyage, US President Donald Trump on Friday announced he was raising tariffs on Chinese exports to the country to 100% and imposing export controls on “any and all critical software”.

“It has just been learned that China has taken an extraordinarily aggressive position on Trade in sending an extremely hostile letter to the World, stating that they were going to, effective November 1st, 2025, impose large scale Export Controls on virtually every product they make, and some not even made by them. This affects ALL Countries, without exception, and was obviously a plan devised by them years ago. It is absolutely unheard of in International Trade, and a moral disgrace in dealing with other Nations,” rump posted on his Truth Social platform.

“Based on the fact that China has taken this unprecedented position, and speaking only for the U.S.A., and not other Nations who were similarly threatened, starting November 1st, 2025 (or sooner, depending on any further actions or changes taken by China), the United States of America will impose a Tariff of 100% on China, over and above any Tariff that they are currently paying,” he further said. “Also on November 1st, we will impose Export Controls on any and all critical software.”

Earlier in the day, Trump threatened “massive increase of tariffs” on Chinese imports after accusing Beijing of launching a “hostile” trade offensive by imposing new export controls on rare earth elements and other key materials.

He also said: “I was to meet President Xi in two weeks, at APEC, in South Korea, but now there seems to be no reason to do so.”

In response, Beijing announced that vessels owned or operated by US firms or individuals or even built in US or have US flag will be charged additional port fees per voyage from Tuesday.

The Chinese ministry said: “It is clearly discriminatory and severely damages the legitimate interests of China’s shipping industry, seriously disrupts the stability of the global supply chain, and seriously undermines the international economic and trade order.”

Reuters quoted Beijing’s commerce ministry as saying that the Chinese countermeasures were in “justified” self-defence aimed at safeguarding fairness in the global shipping and shipbuilding markets.