May 5th, 2025: China’s Silent Retreat: Beijing Backpedals On U.S. Tariffs & U.S. Approves Ukraine F-16 Deal

The President's Daily Brief

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🗓️ 5 May 2025

⏱️ 21 minutes

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In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: China quietly exempts over $40 billion worth of U.S. goods from tariffs, a major shift in its trade war strategy as economic strain mounts. A Houthi missile lands near Israel’s Ben Gurion airport, marking one of the group’s boldest strikes to date. The Trump administration deepens support for Ukraine with a $310 million F-16 training and support package. And in today’s Back of the Brief—UK counter-terror police arrest five Iranian nationals suspected of plotting an attack on British soil. To listen to the show ad-free, become a premium member of The President’s Daily Brief by visiting PDBPremium.com. Please remember to subscribe if you enjoyed this episode of The President's Daily Brief. YouTube: youtube.com/@presidentsdailybrief Birch Gold: Text PDB to 989898 and get your free info kit on gold TriTails Premium Beef: Visit https://TryBeef.com/PDB for 2 free Flat Iron steaks with your first box over $250True Classic: Upgrade your wardrobe and save on @trueclassic at trueclassic.com/PDB ! #trueclassicpod. Please review the “AD” disclosure requirements based on FTC legal regulations here: http://ftc.gov/influencers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.6	They would be just about two. I ever played with my own. It's Monday, the 5th of May, welcome to the President's Daily Brief.
0:46.4	I'm Mike Baker, your eyes and ears on the world stage. All right. Let's get briefed.
0:52.7	We'll start things off today in Beijing, where new reporting reveals the true scale of China's
0:58.0	quiet backtrack in the trade war with the U.S.
1:02.0	Over $40 billion in American goods are now exempt from tariffs.
1:06.0	Clear evidence that Beijing's, well, feeling the squeeze.
1:16.9	Later in the show, a missile launched by Yemen's Huti rebels lands near Israel's Ben-Gurian airport,
1:22.2	the most sensitive target hit since the group began its campaign against the Jewish state.
1:35.6	Plus, in the latest sign of growing cooperation between the Trump administration and Kieviv, the U.S. has now approved a $310 million package to support Ukraine's F-16 program.
1:46.5	And in today's back of the brief, British authorities arrest five Iranian nationals in a counterterror operation, accusing them of plotting a terror attack on UK soil. But first, today's PDB spotlight. Last week, we reported that the communist regime in Beijing
1:55.1	had created a secret white list of U.S. made products, exempting them from China's 125% tariffs, retaliatory tariffs,
2:04.5	might I add, and quietly notifying companies of this shift in policy. Now, we're getting more
2:10.4	clarity on the scale of those exemptions and what they reveal about the mounting strain on China's
2:16.7	economy.
2:22.9	According to new reporting from Bloomberg, China has already started allowing businesses to import U.S. goods from a list of 131 products without paying these steep tariffs.
2:29.2	The estimated value of these exempted goods is roughly $40 billion.
2:33.6	To put that in perspective, that's nearly
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