President Trump escalated tariffs on China by 50%, and paused reciprocal tariff increases on other countries for 90 days, agitating and relieving all at once at least one major agricultural exporter.

Trump posted on social media April 9 that he was rolling back the reciprocal tariffs he announced April 2, except on China. Trump left in place a minimum 10% tariff on countries.

Trump said he was increasing tariffs on China because it retaliated last week with a 50% tariff on U.S. goods. The tariff will be in addition to the 34% reciprocal tariff and existing tariffs.

“Based on the lack of respect that China has shown to the World’s Markets, I am hereby raising the Tariff charged to China by the United States of America to 125%, effective immediately,” Trump stated.

The 90-day pause in other reciprocal tariffs responded to more than 75 countries contacting the U.S. to negotiate, Trump said. “Those countries have not, at my strong suggestion, retaliated in any way, shape, or form against the United States,” he said.

Trump’s new tariff stance did not address European Union members approving April 9 a recommendation by the European Commission to retaliate with a 25% tariff on U.S. goods beginning April 15.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that while China chose to retaliate, other countries are choosing to negotiate an end to trade barriers that have hurt the U.S.

Trump’s tariffs created negotiating leverage for the U.S., Bessent said. “No one creates leverage for himself like President Trump,” Bessent said.

“We have just been overwhelmed, overwhelmed, by the response from mostly our allies, who want to come and negotiate in good faith,” he said. “It wasn’t a hard message: Don’t retaliate; things will turn out well.”

The American Soybean Association said in a statement it was happy to hear about the 90-day pause in the reciprocal tariffs, but was distressed about a new round of tit-for–tat tariffs with China, a major destination for U.S. soybeans.

Combined with taxes, the import duty on U.S. soybeans will total 114%, according to the association. Soybean growers suffered heavy losses during Trump’s first term as China retaliated against tariffs on steel and aluminum.

Soybean farmers are still reeling from the first trade war and aren’t thrilled about another one, the association’s president, Kentucky soybean farmer Caleb Ragland, said.

“The short-term disruptions are painful, but the long-term repercussions to our reputation, our reliability as a supplier, and the stability of those trading relationships are hard to even put into words,” he said in a statement.

While the American Farm Bureau and other major farm groups warn tariffs will harm U.S. agriculture, many exporters of farm goods complained in comments to the U.S. trade representative last month that they face unfair trade barriers not faced by competitors importing goods to the U.S.