The tariff conflict between the United States and China, initiated in 2018, has experienced new climbs in 2025. The decision of President Donald Trump to increase rates on Chinese products generated immediate retaliation of Beijing, with the direct impact on international markets.
In April, the new tariffs imposed by Trump to Chinese products and other economies caused China to respond with taxes on US imports. This exchange of measures has intensified commercial tensions, affecting global economies and altering growth forecasts.
President Trump has maintained his firm position, without plans to cease the implementation of tariffs, which maintains the climate of tension in the world economy. As global economies conform to these policies, the repercussions of the prolonged commercial war between the two main economies of the world continue without a clear resolution, while international actors closely monitor the evolution of the conflict.
The commercial war explained through a pop metaphor
For some people, this conflict is not easy to understand, however, they have found ways to simplify it. Such is the case of user Lulens, who asked ChatgPPT a simpler answer to understand the tariff conflict between the United States and China, resorting to a comparison with a situation of popular culture. And this was the response of the chatbot, which the user shared through her account in X:
“Imagine that the global market is like Met Gala:
- All countries are celebrities.
- The United States is Kanye West type, influential, controversial, says what he thinks without filters, and when he appears, everyone tenses.
- China is like Taylor Swift: giant, powerful, with a tremendous base fan and an industry behind that moves everything.
And now, the bard:
Kanye (United States) enters the gala and says: “Taylor cannot continue to take all flashes. From now on, every time I enter a dress (product), you will have to pay double to show it here (tariffs).”
Taylor (China) laughs, but then answers with a cold tone:
“Ok, if you are going to do that, every time you bring your yezy shoes (American product), I also charge you extra to show them in my event in Shanghai.”
What about the other guests (markets)?
Beyoncé (the European Union) looks at everything, type “do not put me in this.”
Bad Bunny (Latin America) is eating in the buffet, but he already feels that the party became rare.
Zendaya (investors) wants to go because there is bad vibes and does not feel safe.
The scale drama and now the sponsors (the companies and investors) begin to go from the gala. The cameras (the stock market) capture everything and the live feed (financial markets) begin to crashear.
In summary:
- What happened is that Kanye and Taylor started a fight on the red carpet.
- The rest is uncomfortable, some leave, others speculate and nobody knows if this ends in scandal, surprise collaboration or a global UNFOLW. ”
The publication of the response seems to have been useful and fun for thousands of users of the X platform, because so far it exceeds 500 thousand visualizations, more than 7000 ‘like’, more than 1000 reposteos and has generated conversation, which exceeds 70 comments, while mentioning that it refers to the controversial rivalry that exists between Kanye and Taylor, which arose in 2009 during the MTV Vide Video Music Awards.
Understand reality through AI, among other uses …
Users on social networks have found on AI platforms such as Chatgpt, Gemini and many others, an important function that helps them understand complex issues in simpler and clear terms.
In X, the threads that share screenshots of the responses generated by artificial intelligence tools, with explanations and metaphors proliferate. Not to mention the quotes and responses from Grok, the generative chatbot available on the same platform, owned by Elon Musk, which became a trend in Mexico thanks to the rise of the “Oye, Grok” command, used by users to ask direct questions about current issues.
In addition to requesting simple explanations on complex events, people can ask ChatgPP: text generation, summaries, translation, grammatical correction, automation, programming, planning, creation of content for social networks, elaboration of schemes for speeches or presentations, and the elaboration of rapid learning guides.
According to Semrush, the official chatgpt site receives approximately 5.19 billion visits per month. The United States is the country with the highest user traffic to its website, concentrating 20% of the global use of the platform, followed by Germany, France, India, Brazil, United Kingdom, Spain and Canada, which together represent 30%, while the rest of the world represents the remaining 50%.
