Breitbart:
The Finance Ministry of India announced on Monday that it would be imposing a 12 percent tariff on some steel products — a move apparently intended to prevent China from “dumping” large amounts of steel into the Indian market and elbowing domestic companies out of business.
Indian officials had floated the potential of a 12 percent “safeguard duty” in late March in anticipation of news that the United States could impose tariffs that would lead China to see alternative markets to America for products that Americans would no longer want to buy at higher prices. President Donald Trump announced a wave of reciprocal tariffs on nearly every country that does business with America on April 2, including India, but has since suspended all but the tariffs on China, which he has increased. Trump has increased tariffs on Chinese goods to 145 percent and threatened to raise them to as high as 245 percent: https://www.breitbart.com/asia/2025/04/22/india-follows-vietnam-in-imposing-steel-tariffs-on-china/ h/t Brad.
This is a very big deal. This is Trump isolating the Chicoms. Like a boss.
plus the propane shipment that just got diverted to japan instead of China. So now xi jinping, aka Winnie-the-Pooh, is left with out a critical power source to his plastics mfg companies, now the world is not going be able to order all that plastic crap from temu and the other amazon wannabees. No more propane for you!
take that, Xi! 🖕
Now the erstwhile thug, China, comes to realize being a thug gains one no friends. The neighbors kow-tow but no love is lost there. If and when the big thug gets on the ground they’ll all run to get their kicks in. The US could take a lesson from this.