AI-Generated Videos by Chinese State Media Slam Trump's Tariffs

China’s government-controlled media outlets have employed AI-created videos featuring dancing robots and irate consumers to critique U.S. President Donald Trump and his tariff policies, asserting these measures will lead to increased inflation and financial struggles for Americans.

U.S. tariffs have triggered the biggest stock market downturn since the onset of the pandemic, leading to significant volatility. China has harshly criticized them.

In reply, it declared on April 4 that it would enforce export restrictions and import duties.

China’s government-run media employs artificial intelligence to underscore the effects of Trump's tariffs.

A video uploaded on the website of China Global Television Network (CGTN), which is run by the Chinese government and broadcasts in English, featured a scene with a woman sitting at a kitchen table looking at an empty fork as an electronic female voice sang about how Trump promised them stars on Liberation Day. Nevertheless, import duties ruined their affordable Chinese automobiles.

Furthermore, concerning Trump’s adoption of "Liberation Day" for announcing tariffs, the two-minute, forty-two-second video featured a cautionary message: “The track is AI-generated. The debt crisis is purely a result of human actions."

In addition to this video, there was another AI-created clip that popped up on the state-run news agency Xinhua’s X.com webpage. It featured a robot called TARIFF choosing to self-destruct rather than follow its maker’s orders for high tariffs, leading to "trade wars and instability."

Moreover, the China Global Television Network (CGTN) video presented a grim scenario, featuring the lyrics—both in Chinese and English—overlaying visuals of automobile plants and androids frolicking amidst street scenes engulfed in flames. A mechanical-sounding voice recited, "You taxed every truck and tire; the Midwest ablaze in your dumpster fire."

Economists additionally remarked that Trump's tariff policies and trade war were more probable to result in increased costs for consumers and a deceleration of the U.S. economy.

Trump has called the impacts of some U.S. trade partners levying their own tariffs on American products a “disturbance.”

China’s recent action marks the beginning of a massive, never-ending trade war with the United States

As described by state media as "firm actions" aimed at safeguarding the globe's second-biggest economy, China reacted to Donald Trump’s latest tariff moves by imposing levies On all U.S.-made products and restricting the export of rare earth materials.

On Friday, April 4, during a public holiday in China, multiple ministers unveiled the country's responses. These announcements came after President Trump decided to increase tariffs on various international trade partners, enforcing some of the highest U.S. duties in over one hundred years.

Starting from April 10, President Xi Jinping’s government will impose a 34% duty on all products coming into China from the United States. This move mirrors the purported retaliatory tariffs imposed by former President Trump on Chinese merchandise.

To add up, The Beijing authorities introduced further actions, such as imposing instant limitations on shipping out seven categories of rare earth materials and stopping poultry imports from two American enterprises. Additionally, they included 11 U.S. defense organizations in an unreliable entity roster and enforced export curbs on 16 U.S.-based corporations.

Additionally, China has started an anti-dumping probe concerning U.S. and Indian medical CT X-ray tubes, halted imports of sorghum sourced from a U.S.-based company, and opened up an inquiry into potential antitrust issues within DuPont’s operations in China.

In reaction, Trump quickly denounced Beijing’s actions as an "incorrect" step, which further destabilized global markets. He expressed his views on social media stating, "CHINA HANDLED THIS POORLY; THEY PANIC ATTACKED—THE LAST STRATEGY THEY SHOULD HAVE ADOPTED!"

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