Overview

• China released a satirical AI-generated video portraying overweight, despondent Americans working in sweatshop-like factories, targeting President Trump's reindustrialization agenda.
• The video has gone viral online, amassing over six million views and sparking polarized reactions on social media in both the US and China.
• The mockery comes as the US imposes a 104% tariff on Chinese goods following China's retaliatory 34% tariffs, escalating trade tensions between the two nations.
• Critics argue that Trump's manufacturing plan risks reviving exploitative labor conditions from America's industrial past rather than achieving economic revitalization.
• China’s Commerce Ministry has reaffirmed its opposition to the US tariffs, vowing to 'fight to the end' against what it calls a mistaken policy.