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CHINA: Tariffs, Tik Tok, AI and DeepSeek

So where are we on  China tariffs ? Trump has enacted new blanket tariffs of around 20% on top of existing 10% duties that went into place during Trump's first term. China has responded with up to 15% duties on US farm goods such as chicken and pork, which went into effect Monday, March 10. Said Trump yesterday:   Xi "and top people underneath him" will come to the U.S. in the "not too  distant future," Trump said. He did not provide more details about the potential meeting, including when it may be held and his hopes for a meeting with Xi.  He  last visited the U.S. in 2023, when the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) held a summit in San Francisco. What about TikTok?  Here is  what I said about TikTok in 2021 : TikTok is a video-sharing social networking service started in 2017 by Chinese company ByteDance.  The video performance tends to be short, from 15 seconds to three minutes.  After you watch this supposedly   top ten ...

ENERGY WEDNESDAY

              From  Worldometer  (new  COVID-19 deaths yesterday): DAY    USA    WORLD      Brazil      India      South Africa June     9     1093     4732         1185        246       82 July    22      1205     7128         1293      1120     572 Aug    12      1504     6556        1242        835     130 Sept     9      1208      6222       1136       1168       82 Oct     21      1225      6849         571     ...