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China Is Buying Appliances and iPhones. What Happens When the Subsidies Stop?

14 juillet 2025 à 00:01
Shoppers are taking advantage of a $42 billion government trade-in program aimed at boosting spending. But in recent weeks, some cities have started to cut back on the subsidies.

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A shopping area in Beijing. Confronting a trade war with the United States, China’s government has poured $42 billion this year into a consumer trade-in program.

Trump’s New Trade Threats Set Off Global Scramble to Avoid Tariffs

Many countries thought they were negotiating in good faith. The White House renewed its “reciprocal” tariff plan anyway, giving countries until Aug. 1 to make offers.

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President Trump, with the commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, presented a list of tariffs from different countries at the White House in April.
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