UMongameli uTrump utshintshe kakhulu indlela yakhe yokubeka irhafu ephezulu kwihlabathi liphela ngoLwesithathu, inyathelo elaphazamisa iimarike, lacaphukisa amalungu eqela lakhe lamaRiphabliki, laza labangela uloyiko lokudodobala koqoqosho. Kwiiyure nje emva kokuba irhafu ephezulu kumazwe aphantse abe ngama-60 iqalile ukusebenza, wabhengeza ukumiswa kwale miqathango kwiintsuku ezingama-90.
Nangona kunjalo, umongameli wase-US akazange enze sivumelwano neTshayina. Endaweni yoko, waphinda wanyusa irhafu kuzo zonke izinto ezithunyelwa ngaphandle zaseTshayina eMelika, enyusa irhafu yokungenisa impahla ukuya kuthi ga kwi-125%. Esi sigqibo senzeke emva kokuba iBeijing yonyuse irhafu kwiimpahla zaseMelika ukuya kwi-84%, njengoko ukunyuka kwe-tit-for-tat phakathi kwamazwe amabini amakhulu ehlabathi kungakhange kubonise zimpawu zokuphola.
Kwiposti yakhe kwiTruth Social, uTrump uthe ugunyazise “ukumiswa kweentsuku ezingama-90,” apho amazwe aza kujongana “nerhafu encitshisiweyo kakhulu” ebekwe kwi-10%. Ngenxa yoko, phantse onke amaqabane orhwebo ngoku ajongene nerhafu efanayo ye-10%, apho iTshayina yodwa ijongene nerhafu ye-125%.
Ixesha lokuthumela: Epreli-10-2025