It's Friday, the 11th of April, welcome to the

Afterdip the

I'm Mike Baker, your eyes and ears on the world stage.

All right, let's get briefed.

First, an update on the ongoing trade war, as China hits back at Trump's massive 145% tariff

by hiking rates on U.S. goods.

But officials with the Chinese Communist Party, the CCP, also signaled that it's likely that

will be their last escalation, saying they'll ignore any additional tariff increases by the U.S.

Later in the show, a report reveals that Chinese officials acknowledged in the secret meeting

that their government is behind widespread cyber attacks targeting critical U.S.

infrastructure over America's support for Taiwan. But first, today's afternoon spotlight. China is

once again striking back in the rapidly intensifying trade war with the U.S., but signaled

that it will be their last escalation, dismissing any further

tariff hikes by the Trump administration as a, quote, joke that they plan to ignore.

On Friday morning, the Chinese finance ministry announced that they'll increase tariffs on U.S.

goods from 84% to 125%, matching President Trump's levy on Chinese imports imposed on Wednesday.

The increased trade tax is set to take effect on Saturday, and will impact some $144 billion

worth of U.S. exports, namely agricultural products like soybeans, and that's according to a report

from Axios.

As a reminder, earlier this week, President Trump hiked his tariff on China, our third largest trading partner, to 125%,

despite granting the rest of the world a 90-day tariff pause to negotiate new trade deals.

The White House later clarified that the new tariff comes on top of a 20% duty

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