China vows ‘firm countermeasures’ to Trump tariffs
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US President Donald Trump has linked his tariff war with China to fentanyl smuggling by blaming Beijing for failing to stop the flow of the chemicals needed to make the drug.
From South China Morning Post
"If you look at that... China, first row, 67%. That's tariffs charged to the USA, including currency manipulation and trade barriers."
From BBC
The U.S. move disregards the balance of interests reached in multilateral trade negotiations over the years and the fact that it has long benefited greatly from international trade, China's Commerce ...
From Reuters
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The initial justification for the off-again, on-again tariffs on Canada and Mexico — as well as tariffs on China, which are in effect — cited what the White House said was these countries’ failure at “stopping poisonous fentanyl and other drugs from flowing into our country.
The new 34% tariff on China announced Wednesday will be additive to previous duties imposed by the Trump administration, like the 20% tariff President Trump imposed over its role in the fentanyl trade.
Citi analysts described the tariff level as "almost prohibitive" for U.S.-China trade, estimating that the economic impact of the 54% tariff hike alone—excluding any offsetting measures—could reduce China’s GDP growth by 2.4 percentage points and exports by 15.4 percentage points.
China’s top diplomat called on the US to remove tariffs it imposed on Chinese goods for Beijing’s alleged role in America’s fentanyl crisis before holding any talks on the matter, deepening a stalemate weighing on trade ties between the world’s two largest economies.
“China remains the primary source country for illicit fentanyl precursor chemicals and pill pressing equipment, followed by India.” Last year’s ATA report named India as among countries other than China where Mexican cartels were sourcing precursor ...
"China remains the primary source country for illicit fentanyl precursor chemicals and pill-pressing equipment" the report read.
Im Folgenden finden Sie eine unvollständige Liste der von US-Präsident Donald Trump auf seiner Pressekonferenz am 2. April angekündigten gegenseitigen Zölle.
Illegal fentanyl supplies are largely produced in China and Mexico and then smuggled into the United States. Opioids, a class of drugs derived from the opium poppy plant, can be divided into two ...
The Associated Press on MSN10d
China’s premier says US relations at ‘an important juncture’ during meeting with pro-Trump senatorBEIJING (AP) — China’s Premier Li Qiang said Sunday that Beijing and Washington should choose dialogue instead of confrontation, as the two countries are locked in rising friction over trade tariffs and efforts to combat illegal fentanyl trade.
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