Since US President Donald Trump announced additional customs taxes (tariffs) on foreign goods and goods, various countries are reacting to it in their own way. China's state media has criticized it by creating songs, music videos and short films using artificial intelligence (AI).

China Global Television Network (CGTN) and Chinese news agency Xinhua have taken a satirical approach to the Trump administration's new tax policy. In the song 'Look What You Taxed Us Through' prepared in English language by CGTN through AI, it is mentioned that Trump's tariffs will increase the cost and economic recession. This song is similar to the sentiment of 'Look What You Made Me Do' released in 2017 by famous American singer Taylor Swift. 

Taylor expresses revenge and anger in the song. CGTN's song against Trump's tariff policy with the help of AI has stylistic similarities, but the rhythm and lyrics are different from Taylor's. 

The sentiment of the first line of CGTN's song is as follows -

Had to sell kidneys to buy vegetables 

Gasoline caused lung burns 

Your 'deal'? 

happened, empty dreams that flew in the wind. 

According to the news of Time magazine, in this song, Trump's policy has turned the back of the people, and the point of view of the American consumer is also tried to be taken down. The video for the song was created by AI, mixing Tesla demonstrations, clips from American social media and Trump's speech. It's criticized everyone from Elon Musk to the Federal Reserve. In the song made by a woman's voice, satirizing the "Liberation Day" declared by Trump, it is mentioned that "the new customs tax has destroyed the market of reasonably priced Chinese cars". 

Trump interpreted the new tax announcement as a 'liberation day' and said that the US has introduced a new tax policy to end the trade deficit between China and the European Union and other countries. This track is made by AI. But the debt crisis is 100% man-made,” the CGTN website said. The video ends with quotes from The Yale Budget Lab and The Economist saying, "Thank you for the tariffs and for the trouble you've caused." Those quotes criticize Trump's new tariffs. The video is subtitled in English and Chinese. 

After Trump imposed high customs duties on all foreign goods entering the United States last Wednesday, China also announced on Friday that it would impose a 34 percent tax on the import of American goods. Also, there is a warning from China to tighten the export of rare minerals. Such minerals are needed in the production of American high-tech companies.

Not only CGTN but also the Chinese state news agency Xinhua published a sci-fi video titled 'Tariff' on April 3. In the AI-generated short film of just three minutes and 18 seconds, a robot named 'Technical Artificial Robot for International Fiscal Functions', i.e. 'Tariff' for short, chooses death over obeying the new orders of its creator Dr. Mallory.

Xinhua News posted the video on social media and wrote, "This is the story of Tariff, a sci-fi thriller film created by AI." It shows how the US is consistently weaponizing tariffs. A humanoid robot's mental journey is also shown, please watch.' 

Most countries are expressing serious displeasure with the new US tariffs. China also seems to present the pain of American consumers and the stress of the international market between humor and reality through proverbs, robots and AI technology. This content from the Chinese state media is now spreading on the Internet. 

Since the announcement of the additional customs duty, there has been an impact on capital markets around the world. Britain's FTSE 100 fell 3.5 percent, Germany's DAX fell 4.2 percent, France 3.8 percent, Italy 3.9 percent and Spain's share index 3.6 percent. In major Asian markets, Japan's Nikkei 225 was down about 5.1 percent, China's Shanghai Composite Index was down 6.3 percent, and South Korea's Kapsi was down 4.8 percent. 

The news that the American stock market has also suffered the biggest loss since 2020 has been published. The decline has been seen to affect the technology, retail and automotive sectors the most. Shares of technology companies such as Apple and Nvidia fell 9 percent and 8 percent, respectively.

Various countries are being cautious about Trump's new customs policy and are preparing for discussion. The European Union (EU) has indicated that it is open to talks with the US side on the issue. According to analysts, the US tax policy may prompt other countries to take retaliatory measures. It is feared that it will increase global trade tensions and risk a possible economic recession.