China Floats Possibility Of Killing More Americans In Response To Tariffs
Two bloggers linked to China’s government floated the idea of upping the flow of deadly fentanyl into the U.S. in retaliation to President Trump’s tariffs, CNBC’s Eunice Yoon reported Tuesday.
Both Niu Tanquin and a blogger known as Rabbit Chairman posted messages on Chinese social media suggesting the state was preparing to end cooperation with the U.S. on fentanyl, according to screenshots which Yoon posted to X.
Two bloggers linked to China’s government floated the idea of upping the flow of deadly fentanyl into the U.S. in retaliation to President Trump’s tariffs, CNBC’s Eunice Yoon reported Tuesday.
Both Niu Tanquin and a blogger known as Rabbit Chairman posted messages on Chinese social media suggesting the state was preparing to end cooperation with the U.S. on fentanyl, according to screenshots which Yoon posted to X.
#China hints next steps in #tariff war with @realDonaldTrump. Two bloggers (one linked to @XHNews, other a known nationalist) both post lists of identical measures 🤔👇:
1) suspend cooperation on fentanyl
2) ramp up tariffs on farm imports (soybeans, sorghum) from… pic.twitter.com/ghUvP1GdUD
— Eunice Yoon (@onlyyoontv) April 8, 2025
In the past few hours, Chinese state media Xinhua pushed out a series of headlines showing various SOEs announcing share buybacks to stabilise capital markets. pic.twitter.com/3YheIDFLIn
— Minmin Low (@minminlow) April 8, 2025
The bloggers shared a set of virtually identical bullet points outlining six policy responses China was preparing to counter Trump’s tariffs. Among the points were plans to slap tariffs on US soybean imports, ban US poultry imports and ban US films in China.
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