Trump further escalates the trade war, duties to import from China to the US will increase to 104 percent
The White House filled the threat.
Washington. Duties For imports from China to the United States, it increases to 104 percent from Wednesday. Announced this on Tuesday, according to AFP AFP White House, which so fulfills the threat US President Donald Trump.
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Last week, Trump introduced extensive duties for goods from virtually all countries. He decided to impose a 34 % fee on China, which increased the total duty from China to the US to 54 percent. Beijing responded to Trump’s step on Friday by announcing his additional 34 % duty on all the United States import.
On Monday, the White House chief threatened that if Beijing does not cancel this duties, he will impose another duty of 50 percent from Wednesday. According to Reuters, the President decided to fulfill this threat on Tuesday after China did not cancel the retaliation of the CLO.
According to Reuters, Trump’s spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said that nearly 70 countries who would like to start negotiations on new duties have been addressed to the White House. She added that the US will proceed to agreements if they are for the benefit of US workers and deal with chronic US trade deficits.
The European Commission spokesman said on Tuesday that the European Union still wants to avoid the trade war with the United States, despite the fact that the US administration refused to offer zero duties in the industry that Brussels has submitted.
