An US state defies Trump’s decision
California, the fifth economy in the world, will look for agreements with the rest of the world to be exempted from future customs response against the United States, announced the governor of this Gavin Newsom state.
« The customs duties announced by Donald Trump do not represent all Americans, » the democrat said in videos posted on social networks.
‘California is not Washington DC’, he insisted in a statement, saying that his state is ‘a stable and trusted partner for future generations’.
His administration has the task of ‘seeking new strategic commercial relations’, the statement said. In this context, the governor asks ‘his long -term commercial partners to exempt the products made in California from any reprisal measures,’ the source mentioned.
US President Donald Trump announced customs duties on Wednesday consisting of a 10%basic fee, to which each country is added to the principle of mutual customs taxes up to half the percentage that the country charges as customs duties for the products imported from the US. Thus, for the products imported from the EU countries the customs fees charged by the US will be 20%, and for those imported from 34%. For vehicles and components of the automotive industry, the customs taxes levied by the US are from now on 25%.
In reply, the Chinese government announced on Friday that it will impose 34% customs duties from April 10 for all imported goods from the US.
