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Here in the US, we're experiencing the effects of President Trump's tariff wars every single day as prices continue going up. If you're wondering how the tariffs are affecting people in other countries, Emily (emily.socialsss), a Canadian living in China, recently shared a video explaining exactly how things have changed for her in the grocery store over there.
Emily's video starts out, "Hello from China. So, I'm in a grocery store right now, and I wanted to show you how the American tariffs are affecting Chinese customers."
"So, I was gonna get some beef for dinner tonight, and I saw this," she says, holding up a package of beef. "What used to be here is American beef. But now, as you can see, it says Australian beef."
"And I did look around," she added. "I couldn’t find one single pack of beef from America. So I guess China just stopped buying beef from America, and it went straight to Australia."
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"The whole idea that China is hurting because of the American tariffs? Well, they’re not, because they are not as dependent on the US. In fact, only 18% of Chinese imports come from America. And for stuff like beef and soy, they can just go somewhere else easily."
"So I guess I’m having Australian beef for dinner tonight instead of American beef," Emily continued. "And honestly, because of the food quality, I probably trust Australian beef better."
"So to answer the question, China ain’t hurting. And if anything, I think we’re probably doing even better because now [we have] better beef that tastes better and at a better price."
"So, thank you, Trump, for that," she concluded.
Unsurprisingly, commenters had a lot to say on the topic. "USA put sanctions on themselves," one said.
"No country is hurting apart from the US," said another.
"I don't see China going back to the USA for those products in the next 4 years. Sadly a lot of American farmers are big fans of Trump."
The video even made its way over to Twitter (now known as X), where even more people shared their opinions. "So Trump trying to beef up American exports, actually lead to losing customers to export to," said one.
"Our tariff tiff countries have other options. America isn't the only trade partner in the world. We're even less desirable now because we aren't trusted."
"There's nothing the United States can offer that the rest of the world doesn't already have. Except for serial killers and deep-fried hot dogs."
What do you think? Were you surprised to learn how the tariffs are affecting people in other countries? Let us know in the comments.
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