U.S.-China Trade Feud Escalates

The Rich Zeoli Show

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🗓️ 11 April 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 1: 3:05pm- U.S.-China Trade Feud Escalates: Earlier this week, President Donald Trump increased reciprocal tariffs on Chinese imports to 145%—citing the country’s adoption of unfair trade practices and its role in fentanyl distribution. In response, China announced that it will be placing a 125% on American imports. Trump Administration Trade Representative Jamieson Greer called the decision “not terribly surprising but certainly unfortunate.” Rich emphasizes that President Trump “needs to announce deals” in order to calm markets and allow the administration to focus its efforts on remedying Chinese trade predations. 3:10pm- On Friday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said “the phones are ringing off the hook” with U.S. trade partners seeking to discuss retooled agreements. Yesterday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he had been in contact with as many as 75 nations—and he plans to begin negotiations in the coming days. 3:20pm- While appearing on Fox News, Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Alina Habba revealed that she has directed her office to investigate Governor Phil Murphy (D-NJ) over the state’s refusal to assist federal immigration enforcement officials. 3:40pm- On Friday, President Donald Trump expressed interest in making Daylight Saving Time permanent. In a post to Truth Social, he wrote: “The House and Senate should push hard for more Daylight at the end of a day. Very popular and, most importantly, no more changing of the clocks, a big inconvenience and, for our government, A VERY COSTLY EVENT!!!” Rich jokes that Trump will simply send Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to negotiate with the sun for an additional hour of daylight—after successfully negotiating new trade deals with Vietnam and Japan, of course. Weekday afternoons on Talk Radio 1210 WPHT, Rich Zeoli gives the expert analysis and humorous take that we need in this crazy political climate. Along with Executive Producer Matt DeSantis and Justin Otero, the Zeoli show is the next generation of talk radio and you can be a part of it weekday afternoons 3-7pm.

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0:16.4	And it's interesting because with the governor's race coming up this year, the issue of illegal
0:22.2	immigration is a big one, obviously, and Phil Murphy wants to run for president.
0:27.0	So he has told the state police not only did not cooperate with the feds, but if they do
0:32.7	anything to even help them, they would get in trouble.
0:35.9	So I'll give you more details on that as a memorandum that went out.
0:39.1	And we'll talk about the implications that has not only on the governor's race,
0:42.8	but also on common sense law enforcement in the state of New Jersey,
0:47.6	as his royal ruggness prepares to make his national debut in 2028.
0:53.5	And Caroline Levin wrapped up a White House press briefing a short time ago.
0:57.2	It was actually a shorter one, reassuring everybody that the markets are good.
1:00.6	The economy is going to be strong.
1:02.0	And there's 15 deals in the works right now with various countries, 15 deals that they're
1:10.1	very close to finalizing.
1:12.2	That was kind of the big takeaway from the White House press briefing.
1:15.5	Fifteen of them that they think they could be finalized in the next couple of weeks.
1:19.7	That'd be huge.
1:21.0	That would be great.
1:22.2	And if that happens, then I think everybody is going to feel a true sense of calm.
1:27.2	Because there's a lot of people out there that are warning of some dire implications
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