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Selling on Amazon with Andy Isom

#447 - The New China Tariff just Dropped

Selling on Amazon with Andy Isom

Andy Isom | Amazon FBA Seller & Agency Founder

Amazon, Business, Amazonfba, Selling, Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Personalbusiness, Productbusiness, Ecommerce, Onlinebusiness

4.9816 Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Built by Business, we break down the new 55% tariff President Trump just announced on Chinese imports. If you sell on Amazon or source any products from China, this could directly impact your margins, pricing, and product viability.

 

We cover the details of the announcement, market reactions, how to audit your supply chain for risk, and what actions to take immediately to protect your profits. Don’t wait for your next shipment to surprise you, get proactive.

 

All my resources can be found here: www.andyisom.com

 

Transcript

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0:00.0

Babe, wake up. Donald Trump just posted about tariffs again.

0:11.8

What's up guys? Welcome back to Built by Business with Andy Isum.

0:16.4

We have another tariff update for you guys. Big news just dropped somewhat unexpectedly yesterday with Donald Trump announcing a trade deal with China.

0:29.2

Trump posted on his truth social platform, quote,

0:33.3

Our deal with China is done subject to final approval with President Xi and me, full magnets,

0:40.2

and any necessary rare earths will be supplied up front by China. Likewise, we will provide to

0:48.2

China what was agreed to, including Chinese students using our colleges and universities,

0:55.7

which has always been good with me.

1:03.4

We are getting a total of 55% tariffs. China is getting 10%. Relationship is excellent.

1:09.3

Thank you for your attention to this matter. Of course, in all caps.

1:14.8

If you weren't already up to date on the China trade negotiations,

1:23.0

we were currently in a 90-day reduction of the astronomical reciprocal tariffs with China,

1:30.0

and we're sitting at a, what we could say, comfortable, 35% tariff until I think it's around mid-July.

1:33.1

But apparently we have a new deal in place.

1:40.5

Now, details as to when the 55% tariffs will go into effect are a little fuzzy right now. So I'll make sure to keep you guys updated when we have a hard release from the White

1:45.6

House on those implementations of those tariffs. But Donald Trump has stated there will be a

1:50.6

55% tariff on Chinese imports. The structure compromises a 10% basic reciprocal tariff,

1:58.0

an additional 20% for fentanyl- related concerns, and a 25% continuation of

2:03.8

existing tariffs bringing us to 55%. And again, according to the official, China would implement

2:10.9

a 10% duty on American imports. Now, there previously was a restriction on rare earth exports from China

2:19.8

during this little trade war, but that seems to have been resolved with this new agreement.

2:25.4

So China will now start supplying magnets and rare earths, and in return, the U.S. will be,

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