Ledger · 2024 campaign · № 167
Four-year plan to phase out all essential Chinese imports
Never delivered“[paraphrase] We will adopt a four-year plan to phase out all Chinese imports of essential goods — electronics, steel, pharmaceuticals.”
- Promised
- , Agenda 47 policy video, 'President Trump's Plan to End Reliance on China'
- Stated deadline
- “four-year plan” → December 31, 2026
- Re-promised
- 4 times with a fresh deadline
- Topic
- Trade & tariffs
- Era
- 2024 campaign
What happened
No phase-out plan was adopted. PolitiFact rated the promise Stalled through the January 2026 one-year review, and the Supreme Court's February 2026 tariff ruling removed the main legal tool the administration had been using against Chinese imports.