April 17, 2025 • 12 mins
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Trade Negotiations with Japan:
- President Trump met with Japanese officials to discuss trade negotiations, resulting in positive feedback on social media.
- Discussions included military support costs and trade fairness.
- Japan has a long-standing military alliance with the US, with many American troops stationed in Okinawa.
- Japan's Prime Minister stated that Japan won't rush to reach a deal and does not plan to make big concessions.
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Global Tariff Policies:
- Trump announced a 10% baseline tariff on nearly every country, with higher reciprocal tariffs on significant trading partners like Japan, Vietnam, the EU, and China.
- A 90-day pause on higher tariffs was announced for all countries except China, which faced a 245% tariff on imports to the US.
- The Chinese regime responded with higher tariffs on US products, leading to a rapid back-and-forth in the trade war.
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China's Response:
- China appointed Lee Chong as its new trade negotiator, signaling a potential shift in negotiation style.
- Lee has a background in the WTO and supports free trade.
- The Chinese Foreign Ministry expressed a willingness to negotiate, indicating a change in rhetoric.
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Trump's Broader Policies:
- Trump emphasized the need for fair trade and national security, particularly concerning semiconductors and the electronic supply chain.
- The administration's authority to detain migrants at Guantanamo Bay is expanding, targeting those with connections to transnational criminal organizations.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
I work for the greatest president in my lifetime, Donald Trump.
He secured that border in five weeks. As we're talking
Royron Lawrence, we have the most secure border in my
lifetime right now because the President Trump's actions, We're coming
to sanctuary cities. We're going to put all hands on debt.
Sanctuary cities are not going to get away with the
late illegality that's killing Americas at record numbers.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
You're listening to the forty seven Morning Update with Ben Ferguson.
Speaker 3 (00:24):
Good Thursday morning. Welcome it as the forty seven Morning Update.
Ben Ferguson with you, and here are the three big
stories that you need to know about. First up, Donald
Trump touting major progress after trade talks with Japanese officials.
The moral of the story, if you show up and
you're willing to work with America, We're willing to work
with you. I'll give you all those details in a moment.
(00:46):
And comparing that story to our second one, China is
now signaling a readiness for talks quote if the US
shows respect amid the numbers gang as some tariffs have
gone to two hundred and forty percent. And finally, in
a big story, a memo now is revealing US plans
to send migrants who are linked to organized crime to
(01:10):
Guantanamo Bay. It's the forty seven Morning Update and it
starts right now.
Speaker 2 (01:15):
Story number one.
Speaker 3 (01:16):
There is a major theme coming out of the White
House with consistency, and that is, if you work with
the Trump administration on tariffs as a foreign nation, you're
going to get a very good deal. Well, the Trump administration,
we're now being told, is working with dozens of countries
in direct negotiations on new trade deals. There's one big
(01:37):
success story that's coming out of the White House. President Trump,
we are now being told, met with Japanese officials at
the White House yesterday to discuss trade negotiations, and his
quick reaction on social media afterwards suggested a very positive
result quote a great honor to have met with the
Japanese delegation on trade, big program. He was also joined
(02:02):
by the Treasury Secretary of Scott Mescent and the Commerce Secretary,
Howard Lutnik. The talks were scheduled after Trump announced he
would impose tariffs on the island nation Now. Trump previously
confirmed that he would attend the meetings and that discussion
topics would include the cost of military support, and also
quote trade fairness. The United States and Japan have had
(02:24):
a decade long military alliance formed in the aftermath of
World War II. Thousands of American troops are also stationed
on Japanese soil, a majority of them on a military
base in Okinawa. Trump also said last night, quote, hopefully
something can be worked out, which is great for Japan
and the US. Now. This month, Trump announced a ten
(02:47):
percent baseline tariff on nearly every country in the world,
but added higher reciprocal tariffs on a number of significant
trading partners. This included Japan, Vietnam, the European Union, China,
and others. Later, he announced a ninety day pause on
the higher tariffs for every country except China, which was
(03:09):
hit with a total rate of one hundred and forty
five percent and some categories higher than that overall. Now,
the higher tariffs on imports from China were needed, Trump
said in his announcement suspending the other duties because the
Chinese regime has taken advantage of the United States for
decades on trade. The Chinese regime has responded by imposing
(03:29):
higher tariffs on US products, which we'll get to more
on that in just a moment in story two. But
the big news here is this. Even Bascent had said
that there is quote a first mover advantage, given that
Washington has stated that more than seventy five countries now
have requested direct talks. Japanese Prime Minister said on April
(03:50):
the fourteenth that his country quote won't rush to reach
a deal and does not plan to make quote big concessions,
although he said he would not impose countermeasures on US tariffs. Well,
some of this may be posturing, because what we're seeing
coming out of the White House is significant that this country, America,
and Japan are clearly looking to get a deal done soon.
(04:13):
We also are being told that about fifteen countries so
far have submitted proposals on trade. That is coming from
the Press Secretary Caroline Levitt. She also noted that dozens
more countries have reached out to the White House and
are looking to sit down as soon as possible. Her
exact timeline, she said, is as quickly as we can
(04:34):
put people at the table, and the proposals that we're
getting are actively being considered. As we've said consistently, there
are more than seventy five countries that have reached out,
and those that reached out first with the best deals
are those that are sitting down with us quickly.
Speaker 2 (04:50):
Now story number two.
Speaker 3 (04:51):
You may have seen the headline, and the headline is
one that was shocking to the world and it was
done on purpose by the Trump administration. When it comes
to China, China is now facing up to a two
hundred and forty five percent Trump tariff. Now, there's a
lot that has happened in the last twenty four hours.
Not only did the White House say China's facing this
(05:12):
two hundred and forty five percent tariff on imports the US,
but they said it was because of a result of
its retaliatory actions from China against US. Now this is
going back and forth at a rapid pace. Why does
this matter Because the trade war is obviously rattling global markets.
Cutting off Chinese imports is complicating American supply chain, and
(05:35):
it is also hurting Chinese exporters all but losing the
US market is quote a severe blow. And now they
are putting pressure on their own government to get a
deal done. So here's what we know. Now, there has
been movement from China. Quietly. China has now appointed a
(05:56):
new trade negotiator. China pointed demand by the name of
Lee Chong as its new trade negotiator on Wednesday, in
the midst of its terrifight with the US. Now, this
is a significant move that signals a change in the
style of their negotiations or lack thereof from Beijing. Now,
(06:17):
let me tell you more about Lee that you will
hear nowhere else. Prior to this new appointment, Lee spent
about four and a half years as China's ambassador to
the World Trade Organization that is, the body that governs
global commerce into which Beijing has appealed in its tariff
dispute with the US. Lee has also had permanent representative
(06:40):
status to the Chinese delegation to the UN Office in Geneva,
as well as other international organizations in Switzerland. We also
know that Lee participated in negotiating China's ascension to the
WTO known as the World Trade Organization more than twenty
years ago. This means there is real movement now, and movement,
(07:02):
as it was described by one as saying this quote,
there might be another style of negotiations from China. Lee
is an open minded person and supports free trade. That
is with the dean of the China Institute for Wto
Studies at the University of International Business and Economic sendeness
statement to the press. So what are people saying about
(07:23):
this in China? Well, the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said
there is no winner in tariff wars and trade wars,
the first time signaling that they may be willing to
do a deal. And China, he went on to say,
does not want to fight. Let me say that again.
China does not want to fight, but it is by
no means afraid to fight again, a major change in
(07:46):
the rhetoric coming out of Beijing. President Trump also wrote
on True Social nobody is getting off the hook for
the unfair trade balances and non monetary tariff barriers that
other countries have used, again, especially not China, which by
far treats us the worst. That's what Trump said on
True Social On the thirteenth, he said, we are taking
(08:09):
a look at semiconductors and the whole electronic supply chain
in the upcoming National security tariff investigations. What has been
exposed is that we need to make products in the
US and that we will not be held hostage by
other countries, especially hostile trading nations like China, which will
do everything within its power to disrespect the American people.
(08:32):
Which brings us now to the newest headline. As I
said a moment ago, things are moving rapidly and this
is good news for Americans as well. The newest headline
reads like this, China is now signaling a quote readiness
to talk if US shows respect amid the numbers game. Again,
(08:52):
this is very different than what they were saying just
twenty four hours ago. China is now expressing openness into
trade talks the US under certain conditions, even after the
White House clarified that China now faces up to a
two hundred and forty five percent tariff on imports to
the US. This goes back to what Donald Trump said
(09:14):
all along, I'm not flinching on countries that are taking
advantage of the American workers, the American people. He also
said it was going to be a national security issue,
which you just heard them mentioned yet again, and the
President said, I'm more than willing to sit down to
get a fair deal for the American people. And with
China pointing Lee as its new trade negotiator, it signals
(09:34):
a major potential shift in the approach to trade discussions,
and that is not only good for Americans, but also
for the entire world.
Speaker 2 (09:43):
And here is story number three.
Speaker 3 (09:45):
It is a major story that no one seems to
be covering, and our good friends over at the National
Polls are the first to expose this big news. A
new memo shows the Trump administration's wide reaching authority to
detain my rents at Guantanamo Bay is going to be
expanding beyond only the worst offenders quote unquote. This development
(10:08):
is part of Trump's broader policy to crack down on
illegal immigration. Now, what I'm about to tell you, I
hope you'll share with everyone you know, and I hope
you will share this podcast on social media. Also, make
sure you have that subscribe or auto download button, because
these are the stories you're not going to get anywhere
else now. This agreement was signed in early March by
(10:30):
top officials from the Department of Homeland Security and the
Department of Defense. It sets criteria for detaining migrants based
not on criminal history, but rather a nexus to transnational
criminal organizations or criminal drug activity. Officials have defined this
(10:51):
connection broadly, which could include paying a criminal group for
smuggling services into the United states of a mayor America
that would be a game changer. Now. The guidelines also
allow for detaining migrants with final deportation orders who have
interacted in any way with organized crime, including direct or
(11:16):
indirect interactions. The Department of Defense confirmed the memo. The
DoD has highlighted a trol in clarifying operational roles at
Guantanamo Bay between the Department of Homeland Security and the DoD.
Teresa Cardinal Brown, a former US immigration official, stated that
(11:36):
many illegals could have some form of interaction with a
crime syndicate. This is due to the territorial control established
by the cartels in Mexico. Now, the Trump administration officials
are defending the strategy as vital to quote national security.
The White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller set
(11:58):
operations at on Tanamo for detaining migrants will proceed without changes.
Currently forty two individuals are detained at the base. This
story we expect to change, and I promise you we
will cover it here for you every step of the way.
Speaker 2 (12:15):
Thank you for listening to the forty seven Morning Update
with Ben Ferguson. Please make sure you hit subscribe wherever
you're listening to this podcast right now and for more
in depth news, also subscribe to the Ben Ferguson podcast,
and we will see you back here tomorrow
I work for the greatest president in my lifetime, Donald Trump.
He secured that border in five weeks. As we're talking
Royron Lawrence, we have the most secure border in my
lifetime right now because the President Trump's actions, We're coming
to sanctuary cities. We're going to put all hands on debt.
Sanctuary cities are not going to get away with the
late illegality that's killing Americas at record numbers.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
You're listening to the forty seven Morning Update with Ben Ferguson.
Speaker 3 (00:24):
Good Thursday morning. Welcome it as the forty seven Morning Update.
Ben Ferguson with you, and here are the three big
stories that you need to know about. First up, Donald
Trump touting major progress after trade talks with Japanese officials.
The moral of the story, if you show up and
you're willing to work with America, We're willing to work
with you. I'll give you all those details in a moment.
(00:46):
And comparing that story to our second one, China is
now signaling a readiness for talks quote if the US
shows respect amid the numbers gang as some tariffs have
gone to two hundred and forty percent. And finally, in
a big story, a memo now is revealing US plans
to send migrants who are linked to organized crime to
(01:10):
Guantanamo Bay. It's the forty seven Morning Update and it
starts right now.
Speaker 2 (01:15):
Story number one.
Speaker 3 (01:16):
There is a major theme coming out of the White
House with consistency, and that is, if you work with
the Trump administration on tariffs as a foreign nation, you're
going to get a very good deal. Well, the Trump administration,
we're now being told, is working with dozens of countries
in direct negotiations on new trade deals. There's one big
(01:37):
success story that's coming out of the White House. President Trump,
we are now being told, met with Japanese officials at
the White House yesterday to discuss trade negotiations, and his
quick reaction on social media afterwards suggested a very positive
result quote a great honor to have met with the
Japanese delegation on trade, big program. He was also joined
(02:02):
by the Treasury Secretary of Scott Mescent and the Commerce Secretary,
Howard Lutnik. The talks were scheduled after Trump announced he
would impose tariffs on the island nation Now. Trump previously
confirmed that he would attend the meetings and that discussion
topics would include the cost of military support, and also
quote trade fairness. The United States and Japan have had
(02:24):
a decade long military alliance formed in the aftermath of
World War II. Thousands of American troops are also stationed
on Japanese soil, a majority of them on a military
base in Okinawa. Trump also said last night, quote, hopefully
something can be worked out, which is great for Japan
and the US. Now. This month, Trump announced a ten
(02:47):
percent baseline tariff on nearly every country in the world,
but added higher reciprocal tariffs on a number of significant
trading partners. This included Japan, Vietnam, the European Union, China,
and others. Later, he announced a ninety day pause on
the higher tariffs for every country except China, which was
(03:09):
hit with a total rate of one hundred and forty
five percent and some categories higher than that overall. Now,
the higher tariffs on imports from China were needed, Trump
said in his announcement suspending the other duties because the
Chinese regime has taken advantage of the United States for
decades on trade. The Chinese regime has responded by imposing
(03:29):
higher tariffs on US products, which we'll get to more
on that in just a moment in story two. But
the big news here is this. Even Bascent had said
that there is quote a first mover advantage, given that
Washington has stated that more than seventy five countries now
have requested direct talks. Japanese Prime Minister said on April
(03:50):
the fourteenth that his country quote won't rush to reach
a deal and does not plan to make quote big concessions,
although he said he would not impose countermeasures on US tariffs. Well,
some of this may be posturing, because what we're seeing
coming out of the White House is significant that this country, America,
and Japan are clearly looking to get a deal done soon.
(04:13):
We also are being told that about fifteen countries so
far have submitted proposals on trade. That is coming from
the Press Secretary Caroline Levitt. She also noted that dozens
more countries have reached out to the White House and
are looking to sit down as soon as possible. Her
exact timeline, she said, is as quickly as we can
(04:34):
put people at the table, and the proposals that we're
getting are actively being considered. As we've said consistently, there
are more than seventy five countries that have reached out,
and those that reached out first with the best deals
are those that are sitting down with us quickly.
Speaker 2 (04:50):
Now story number two.
Speaker 3 (04:51):
You may have seen the headline, and the headline is
one that was shocking to the world and it was
done on purpose by the Trump administration. When it comes
to China, China is now facing up to a two
hundred and forty five percent Trump tariff. Now, there's a
lot that has happened in the last twenty four hours.
Not only did the White House say China's facing this
(05:12):
two hundred and forty five percent tariff on imports the US,
but they said it was because of a result of
its retaliatory actions from China against US. Now this is
going back and forth at a rapid pace. Why does
this matter Because the trade war is obviously rattling global markets.
Cutting off Chinese imports is complicating American supply chain, and
(05:35):
it is also hurting Chinese exporters all but losing the
US market is quote a severe blow. And now they
are putting pressure on their own government to get a
deal done. So here's what we know. Now, there has
been movement from China. Quietly. China has now appointed a
(05:56):
new trade negotiator. China pointed demand by the name of
Lee Chong as its new trade negotiator on Wednesday, in
the midst of its terrifight with the US. Now, this
is a significant move that signals a change in the
style of their negotiations or lack thereof from Beijing. Now,
(06:17):
let me tell you more about Lee that you will
hear nowhere else. Prior to this new appointment, Lee spent
about four and a half years as China's ambassador to
the World Trade Organization that is, the body that governs
global commerce into which Beijing has appealed in its tariff
dispute with the US. Lee has also had permanent representative
(06:40):
status to the Chinese delegation to the UN Office in Geneva,
as well as other international organizations in Switzerland. We also
know that Lee participated in negotiating China's ascension to the
WTO known as the World Trade Organization more than twenty
years ago. This means there is real movement now, and movement,
(07:02):
as it was described by one as saying this quote,
there might be another style of negotiations from China. Lee
is an open minded person and supports free trade. That
is with the dean of the China Institute for Wto
Studies at the University of International Business and Economic sendeness
statement to the press. So what are people saying about
(07:23):
this in China? Well, the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said
there is no winner in tariff wars and trade wars,
the first time signaling that they may be willing to
do a deal. And China, he went on to say,
does not want to fight. Let me say that again.
China does not want to fight, but it is by
no means afraid to fight again, a major change in
(07:46):
the rhetoric coming out of Beijing. President Trump also wrote
on True Social nobody is getting off the hook for
the unfair trade balances and non monetary tariff barriers that
other countries have used, again, especially not China, which by
far treats us the worst. That's what Trump said on
True Social On the thirteenth, he said, we are taking
(08:09):
a look at semiconductors and the whole electronic supply chain
in the upcoming National security tariff investigations. What has been
exposed is that we need to make products in the
US and that we will not be held hostage by
other countries, especially hostile trading nations like China, which will
do everything within its power to disrespect the American people.
(08:32):
Which brings us now to the newest headline. As I
said a moment ago, things are moving rapidly and this
is good news for Americans as well. The newest headline
reads like this, China is now signaling a quote readiness
to talk if US shows respect amid the numbers game. Again,
(08:52):
this is very different than what they were saying just
twenty four hours ago. China is now expressing openness into
trade talks the US under certain conditions, even after the
White House clarified that China now faces up to a
two hundred and forty five percent tariff on imports to
the US. This goes back to what Donald Trump said
(09:14):
all along, I'm not flinching on countries that are taking
advantage of the American workers, the American people. He also
said it was going to be a national security issue,
which you just heard them mentioned yet again, and the
President said, I'm more than willing to sit down to
get a fair deal for the American people. And with
China pointing Lee as its new trade negotiator, it signals
(09:34):
a major potential shift in the approach to trade discussions,
and that is not only good for Americans, but also
for the entire world.
Speaker 2 (09:43):
And here is story number three.
Speaker 3 (09:45):
It is a major story that no one seems to
be covering, and our good friends over at the National
Polls are the first to expose this big news. A
new memo shows the Trump administration's wide reaching authority to
detain my rents at Guantanamo Bay is going to be
expanding beyond only the worst offenders quote unquote. This development
(10:08):
is part of Trump's broader policy to crack down on
illegal immigration. Now, what I'm about to tell you, I
hope you'll share with everyone you know, and I hope
you will share this podcast on social media. Also, make
sure you have that subscribe or auto download button, because
these are the stories you're not going to get anywhere
else now. This agreement was signed in early March by
(10:30):
top officials from the Department of Homeland Security and the
Department of Defense. It sets criteria for detaining migrants based
not on criminal history, but rather a nexus to transnational
criminal organizations or criminal drug activity. Officials have defined this
(10:51):
connection broadly, which could include paying a criminal group for
smuggling services into the United states of a mayor America
that would be a game changer. Now. The guidelines also
allow for detaining migrants with final deportation orders who have
interacted in any way with organized crime, including direct or
(11:16):
indirect interactions. The Department of Defense confirmed the memo. The
DoD has highlighted a trol in clarifying operational roles at
Guantanamo Bay between the Department of Homeland Security and the DoD.
Teresa Cardinal Brown, a former US immigration official, stated that
(11:36):
many illegals could have some form of interaction with a
crime syndicate. This is due to the territorial control established
by the cartels in Mexico. Now, the Trump administration officials
are defending the strategy as vital to quote national security.
The White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller set
(11:58):
operations at on Tanamo for detaining migrants will proceed without changes.
Currently forty two individuals are detained at the base. This
story we expect to change, and I promise you we
will cover it here for you every step of the way.
Speaker 2 (12:15):
Thank you for listening to the forty seven Morning Update
with Ben Ferguson. Please make sure you hit subscribe wherever
you're listening to this podcast right now and for more
in depth news, also subscribe to the Ben Ferguson podcast,
and we will see you back here tomorrow
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