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.

Sources

  1. MAGA-Meter: Adopt a four-year plan to phase out Chinese imports PolitiFact, Jan 20, 2026
  2. Trump said he kept all of his promises. Our MAGA-Meter disagrees PolitiFact, May 12, 2026