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Apr
‘Tariff’ on American diners a ‘malicious prank’, says Chinatown restaurant worker
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SINGAPORE – A worker at a restaurant in Chinatown said none of its employees had put up a notice declaring a 104 per cent surcharge for American diners, calling the move a “malicious prank”. The handwritten notice of the “tax” – equal to US President Donald Trump’s staggering tariff rate on Chinese imports announced on April 8 – spread online on April 10, attracting more than 1,500 comments on TikTok. Like the tariffs on China, the notice said Xie Lao Song’s American patron tariff was to take effect on April... Read More



