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World leaders react to Trump’s sweeping tariffs: ‘tumultuous times’ ahead
World leaders reacted to the sweeping tariffs President Donald Trump released this week impacting essentially every U.S. trading partner.
The White House has implemented a flat 10% tariff on apparently all imports, though some nations saw drastically higher taxes slapped on their U.S. exports – including Vietnam, which was issued a 46% tariff one day after it slashed its tariffs on U.S. imports.
However, no nation was handed a higher import tax than China, which Trump revealed will have an additional 34% blanket tariff on its exports to the U.S. on top of the 20% tariff the president implemented earlier this year. This brings the total tariffs on Chinese goods imported into the U.S. to 54% – just shy of the 60% Trump pledged on the campaign trail.
President Donald Trump holds a chart as he delivers remarks on reciprocal tariffs during an event in the Rose Garden entitled «Make America Wealthy Again» at the White House in Washington, D.C., on April 2, 2025. (Getty Images)
CANADA’S PM CARNEY VOWS TO ‘FIGHT’ TRUMP’S TARIFFS, OTHER WORLD LEADERS WEIGH IMPACT
CHINA – 54% tariffs
«China firmly opposes this and will take countermeasures to safeguard its own rights and interests,» China’s Commerce Ministry reportedly said in a statement. «There are no winners in trade wars, and there is no way out for protectionism.»
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun also warned that «Protectionism has no exit ramp» and urged Washington to «correct its wrong practices and resolve economic and trade differences with other countries — including China — through fair, respectful and reciprocal consultations.»
EUROPEAN UNION – 20% tariffs
The EU, which was hit with a blanket 20% tariff on top of the 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum as well as car exports to the U.S., which are expected to severely impact European nations, pledged to strike back at Trump’s tariff war.
«I know that many of you feel let down by our oldest ally,» European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said in a video posted to X. «Uncertainty will spiral and trigger the rise of further protectionism. The consequences will be dire for millions of people around the globe.»
The EU chief said the bloc was already finalizing countermeasures to Trump’s tariffs on steel and pledged to take similar actions to protect the pharmaceutical and auto industries «if negotiations fail.»
«We must brace for the impact this will inevitably have. Europe has everything it needs to make it through this storm,» von der Leyen added, noting the EU is the single largest market on the planet, which she said serves as Europe’s «safe harbor in tumultuous times.»
«If you take on one of us, you take on all of us,» she added. «Our unity is our strength.»
SOME COUNTRIES TARGETED BY TRUMP TARIFFS SEEK NEGOTIATIONS, CHINA SAYS ‘NO WINNERS IN TRADE WARS’
President Donald Trump shakes hands with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, center left, alongside Vice President JD Vance, right, and British Foreign Secretary David Lammy, 2nd left, at the White House on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Carl Court/Pool via AP)
UNITED KINGDOM -10%
Leaders in the U.K. have repeatedly said they would not immediately respond to the blanket tariff – which coupled with the steel and auto tariffs, could have a significant impact on its economy – though London is taking steps to see which tariffs could be implemented that would have the least negative effect on its own businesses.
British Trade Secretary Jonathan Reynolds reportedly told members of Parliament on Thursday that the U.K. will «not hesitate to act» if an agreement with Washington to circumvent the tariff war cannot be met, reported Politico.
«We will seek the views of U.K. stakeholders over four weeks until 1st May 2025 on products that could potentially be included in any U.K. tariff response,» Reynolds said in a statement. «This exercise will also give businesses the chance to have their say, and influence the design of any possible U.K. response.»
CANADA – 25% tariffs
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Trump’s tariffs will «fundamentally change the international trading system» and pledged to «fight» back through «countermeasures.»
«We’re in a situation where there’s going to be an impact on the U.S. economy, which will build with time,» he added. «In our judgment, it will be negative on the U.S. economy that will have an impact on us.»
«In a crisis, it’s important to come together,» Carney said. «It’s essential to act with purpose and with force, and that’s what we will do.»
A cargo ship sits at PortMiami on June 9, 2022 in Miami Beach, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
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MEXICO – 25% tariffs
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said she will «announce a comprehensive program» to address Trump’s tariffs but will not engage in a «tit-for-tat on tariffs.»
Sheinbaum said she plans to «strengthen the economy under any circumstance.»
JAPAN – 24%
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said, «We’re putting all options on the table in considering the most effective response.»
«Japan is a country that is making the largest amount of investment to the United States,» he reportedly told his Parliament. «We wonder if it makes sense for (Washington) to apply uniform tariffs to all countries. That is a point we’ve been making and will continue to do so.
«We need to consider what’s best for Japan’s national interest,» he added, without detailing what specific steps Tokyo could take.
AUSTRALIA – 10%
Though Australia was among the nations hit with some of the lowest tariffs issued by the White House on Wednesday, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called them «totally unwarranted.»
«President Trump referred to reciprocal tariffs. A reciprocal tariff would be zero, not 10%,» he said at a press event. «The administration’s tariffs have no basis in logic, and they go against the basis of our two nation’s partnership.»
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«This is not the act of a friend,» Albanese said.
Albanese pointed out that Americans will pay the heaviest price for the tariffs and said therefore he will not put reciprocal tariffs back on the U.S.
«We will not join the race to the bottom,» he added, but pledged to continue to fight to have the tariffs removed.
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Avanza la destrucción ambiental en Nicaragua: el régimen de Ortega entregó más de 100 mil hectáreas a la minería china en zonas protegidas
El régimen de Nicaragua otorgó en solo una semana tres concesiones mineras a cielo abierto a la empresa china Thomas Metal S.A., sumando más de 1.000 kilómetros cuadrados en la zona sur del país, específicamente en el departamento de Río San Juan, fronterizo con Costa Rica. Las concesiones fueron publicadas en el Diario Oficial La Gaceta y autorizadas por el Ministerio de Energía y Minas.
La última adjudicación corresponde al lote “El Castillo”, de 39.172 hectáreas, y fue oficializada este lunes. Se suma a otras dos: una de 47.410 hectáreas publicada el martes anterior y otra de 21.882 hectáreas del viernes. En total, el régimen entregó a la empresa china 108.464 hectáreas, en territorios que, según organizaciones ambientales, incluyen zonas protegidas y comunidades indígenas reconocidas por la legislación nacional.
De acuerdo con la ONG Fundación del Río, las tres concesiones se ubican dentro de la Reserva Biológica Indio Maíz, el Territorio Indígena Rama y Kriol, y el Refugio de Vida Silvestre Río San Juan, zonas que forman parte del corredor biológico mesoamericano.
La organización advierte que estos permisos violan la Ley del Régimen de Propiedad Comunal de los Pueblos Indígenas y que la actividad minera en estas áreas no cuenta con estudios ambientales independientes ni procesos de consulta previa con las comunidades afectadas.
La Fundación también señala que esta expansión minera se produce después de que el régimen derogara el reglamento que regulaba las áreas protegidas mediante la Ley de Áreas de Conservación Ambiental y Desarrollo Sostenible, aprobada el pasado 6 de mayo por la Asamblea Nacional. Esa legislación eliminó normas que restringían proyectos extractivos en territorios como Indio Maíz.
Además del impacto local, la ONG ha advertido sobre posibles consecuencias transfronterizas, debido a la cercanía de las concesiones con el territorio costarricense de Crucitas, donde ya se ha reportado un aumento de la minería ilegal. Según Fundación del Río, esta actividad podría estar facilitando rutas de comercio ilícito y presión ambiental sobre ecosistemas compartidos.
El avance de capitales chinos en el sector minero nicaragüense ha sido significativo. En los últimos dos años, el régimen ha entregado más de 20 concesiones a empresas chinas, que juntas suman más de 400.000 hectáreas. Hasta finales de 2023, Nicaragua había autorizado 299 concesiones mineras: 172 para minería metálica y 127 para no metálica, según registros oficiales.
En paralelo, las exportaciones mineras del país alcanzaron 1.391 millones de dólares en 2024, lo que representó un aumento del 20,1 % respecto al año anterior, según el Banco Central de Nicaragua. Estos datos reflejan el creciente peso del sector minero en la economía nacional, aunque sin que existan mecanismos públicos de control ambiental o redistribución equitativa de los beneficios.
Organizaciones como Fundación del Río han anunciado que, en colaboración con el centro de pensamiento Expediente Abierto, preparan un análisis sobre los intereses mineros chinos en Nicaragua. El estudio examinará el impacto de estos proyectos sobre el medio ambiente, los territorios indígenas y los equilibrios geopolíticos en Centroamérica.
Las concesiones mineras a cielo abierto en zonas protegidas, otorgadas sin transparencia ni estudios públicos, representan una nueva etapa en el modelo extractivo impuesto por el régimen de Ortega, que ha estrechado su alianza con China desde el rompimiento de relaciones con Taiwán en 2021. Mientras tanto, el desmantelamiento de normas ambientales y el silenciamiento de voces críticas agravan una situación que compromete no solo a Nicaragua, sino también a sus países vecinos.
(Con información de EFE)
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‘All-out war’: Fleeing Texas Dems side with Newsom as redistricting standoff continues: ‘fire with fire’
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he is ready to fight «fire with fire» as state Republican lawmakers try to enact redistricting in Texas, opposing the move though promising to pursue similar measures if needed.
At a press conference on Monday, Newsom said he supports independent redistricting, as well as a national framework, and a proposal being advanced in the legislature reinforces what he supports.
«The proposal that we’re advancing with the legislature has a trigger only if they move forward, to dismantling the protocols that are well-established,» the governor said. «Would the state of California move forward in kind? Fighting? Yes, fire with fire.»
When asked about a meeting between California Democrats on Sunday night, during which time they drafted or were almost done with the draft of redistricting maps, and whether he had seen those maps, Newsom said he had not.
AWOL TEXAS DEMS THREATENED WITH EXPULSION, FELONY CHARGES FOR ABSENCE AMID REDISTRICTING BATTLE
California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he was ready to fight fire with fire if Texas lawmakers approve a measure to enact redistricting in the state. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
But he said there has been an ongoing series of conversations into the evening last night, which continued on Monday morning and will continue until Democrats land on a process.
«That process has to have the concurrence, the support of two-thirds of the legislature,» he said. «The maps, we believe, should be transparent. They should be provided in a transparent way to the public, and as a consequence, those maps are being processed and will be brought to light.»
At the end of the day, though, Newsom said the people of California will have the ultimate say.
«We will offer them the opportunity to make judgments for themselves, again, only if Texas moves forward,» Newsom said. «I’ll reinforce that we believe it should be a national model, independent national redistricting, and it would revert back to its original form, but it’s done in response to the existential realities that we’re now facing. Things have changed, facts have changed, so we must change.»
HOCHUL VOWS TO ‘FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE’ ON REDISTRICTING WHILE HOSTING TEXAS DEMOCRATS WHO FLED STATE
Newsom and Trump face off (Pool)
«They’ve triggered this response and we’re not going to roll over and we’re going to fight fire with fire, but we’re going to do so not just punching with the weight of the fourth largest economy, the most populous state in our union, the size of 21 state populations combined,» he continued. «We also will punch above our weight in terms of the impact of what we’re doing, and I think that should be absorbed by those in the Texas delegation. Whatever they are doing will be neutered here in the state of California, and they will pay that price.»
California GOP Chairwoman Corrin Rankin told Fox News Digital that Newsom’s actions could threaten the constitutional rights of Californians while also setting a dangerous precedent.
«While Governor Newsom frames this redistricting as a defensive move, it undermines California’s nationally respected, voter-approved Citizens Redistricting Commission, and if successful, sets a dangerous precedent that voters’ choices can be overruled whenever politicians find it politically convenient,» Rankin said. «Our primary concern is safeguarding Californians’ constitutional rights against partisan manipulation disguised as defending democracy; true democracy means empowering voters, not politicians, to decide representation.»
Dozens of Texas Democrats fled their state and went to Chicago and New York on Sunday night in an effort to block a redistricting vote on Monday.
TRUMP, REPUBLICANS RACE TO REDRAW TEXAS CONGRESSIONAL MAP AS DEMOCRATS THREATEN LEGAL WAR
Texas Democrats stood next to Illinois lawmakers on Aug. 4, 2025, to oppose redistricting measures proposed by Texas Republicans. (Fox News)
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has since threatened to arrest and expel the lawmakers if they do not return by Monday afternoon.
Shortly after Abbott released his statement, the Texas House Democratic Caucus issued a simple response, writing: «Come and take it.»
The statement also described Republicans’ proposed districts, which would potentially secure five new GOP U.S. House seats in next year’s midterm elections, as a «racist mid-decade redistricting scheme.»
Abbott criticized the Democrats’ dramatic departure, saying that «real Texans don’t run from a fight.»
On Monday evening, Illinois lawmakers hosted Texas Democrats for a press conference, during which time none of the lawmakers took a single question from the press.
BETO O’ROURKE DROPS F-BOMB AS HE URGES DEMS TO ‘MEET FIRE WITH FIRE’ AGAINST GOP REDISTRICTING PLANS IN TEXAS
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott looks on during a news conference on March 15, 2023 in Austin, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
Still, Rep. Robin Kelly, D-Ill., welcomed her colleagues and said they could stay as long as they wanted because they believed in what they were doing.
«What you’re doing and what…they’re trying to do in Texas affects you guys, but it affects the whole country,» she said. «When you want to remove five Democrats…that hurts us in the House.»
She explained that when there are not enough Democrats, things like the Big Beautiful Bill, or as she referred to it as «the Big Ugly Bill,» and other Republican initiatives get through.
«They are trying to destroy our democracy, destroy fairness in our country,» Kelly said. «And unfortunately, they’re starting with Texas. But we want you to know, we stand by your side.»
Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., accused Abbott of not stepping up for the people affected by devastating floods in the Hill Country region of Texas.
BETO O’ROURKE CALLS FOR DEMOCRATS TO BE ‘RUTHLESS’ IN PURSUIT OF POWER, BACKS NEWSOM’S GERRYMANDERING PROPOSAL
U.S. Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) answers questions during a news conference about the recent Congressional delegation trip to the Indo-Pacific region, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. August 10, 2022. (REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo)
Specifically, he accused Abbott of not having a special session to help families rebuild, but instead of doing «the bidding» of President Donald Trump to «banish Democrats» from the federal delegation.
Krishnamoorthi then directed his comments to Abbott, saying, «don’t mess with Texas,» because the people standing with him represent Texas.
«You can silence them. You can smear them. You can saddle them with debts and fins. But you cannot intimidate them,» Krishnamoorthi said. «You can gerrymander the hell out of that map. Guess what? Two can play that game. That’s right. Other states will do exactly the same thing and neutralize what you’re trying to do in Texas.»
Other lawmakers standing side-by-side in Illinois chose to accuse Trump’s policies of being race-driven.
Texas State Rep. Ana-Maria Rodriguez Ramos said Trump’s policies hurt working families.
«That is nothing short of racism,» she said. «He is coming after all of us who don’t look like him and his Republican colleagues in the Texas House.»
Trump gives his joint address to Congress and is interrupted by Rep Al Green protesting his cuts to multiple government programs. March 4th (AP)
Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, followed Rodriguez Ramos with more accusations of racism, saying Republicans are doing what Trump has insisted be done.
«I want you to know that we didn’t introduce the race card when this message was sent by and through the Justice Department to the State of Texas, to our attorney general,» he said. «They mentioned the race card because they talked about racial gerrymandering. They brought it up, and when they brought it up, they did it, knowing that this was a buzz word. It was a trigger.»
«They know that that’s a buzz word that people would respond to in Texas, but we are going to respond to that buzz word by telling them that your racism is not going to change democracy in the state of Texas,» Green continued. «In the United States of America, racism is going to be met with our taking a stand for democracy. You take a stand for racism, we will stand for democracy, and we will win.»
Rep. Julie Johnson, D-Texas, said she was pleased that states like California and New York were standing up for Texas Democrats because, once it happens in Texas, it will spread to other states.
She called the issue a «national war,» and «an all-out war» in which everything is on the table.
«We come from a state of great pride, and I never thought as a Texan, as an elected member of the Texas House of Representatives and now as an elected member from Texas to the United States House of Representatives, that I would see the governor of the proud state of Texas bend a knee to a felon from New York,» Johnson added. «I never thought I’d see the day, but here we are.»
Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, was also standing with fellow Democrats in Illinois and accused Abbott of talking «a lot of noise.» She also accused Republicans of being «weak.»
«The difference is they expect Democrats to kind of be the nice guys that we are,» Crockett said. «They expect us to take the punch and say thank you. Well, I am here to tell you not only are we going to punch back, but we about to beat you down.»
Still, Abbott told Fox News host Sean Hannity on Monday that Texas is doing what it is allowed to do by law.
He also accused state Democrats of doing something «un-Texas» by turning their back on Texans and not dealing with the flooding issues still echoing across the state.
Abbott said four of the five seats that could change because of redistricting will be primarily Hispanic.
«These are seats where Democrats are having to come to grips with reality,» he said, explaining that Democrats are losing votes to Hispanics and Black voters in Texas.
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He also said Democrats are «freaking out» because they are realizing Texas has the authority to redistrict.
«Texas will continue to fight for what is right,» Abbott said.
Fox News Digital’s Anders Hagstrom and Elizabeth Pritchett contributed to this report.
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