The president of the United States, Donald Trumpannounced on April 9 a 90 -day pause in tariff application to those countries that have not taken commercial reprisals against their tariff plan.
Trump said that, “given respect” that, in his opinion, China has demonstrated, elevates 125 % the duty which imposes on that country with “immediate effect”, compared to the previous 104 %.
In his social network Truth Social he wrote: “At some point, hopefully in the near future, China will realize that The time when he scammed the United States and other countries is no longer sustainable or acceptable. “
The Republican said in the White House that he will reach an agreement with China and with each of the countries sanctioned with tariffs. In addition, he argued that Chinese officials “They don’t know very well how to do it.”
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Beijing accused USAduring a meeting in the World Trade Organization (WTO), violate international standards and weaken the multilateral system of commerce with its so -called reciprocal tariffs.
Karoline Leavitt, spokesman for White Househe recalled: “When someone hits the United States, President Trump responds stronger”
European Union, Mexico and Canada
The White House clarified that the European Union will be subject to a 10% tariff for the next 90 daysinstead of 20%, as an American official explained to Efe.
According to that source, Washington decided to extend that exemption to the EU because has not taken reprisals by tariffs announced by Trump on April 2, which include a universal rate of 10% and additional encumbrances that, in the case of the EU, reached 20%.
This Wednesday, the EU member states authorized measures to Answer Trump’s tariffsalthough not to the most recent, but to those of the 25 % above all imports of steel and aluminum imposed on March 12.
For his part, Scott Besent, secretary of the Treasury of USAconfirmed that Mexico and Canada, who had been exempt from the global tariff, now andStán included in the list of countries subject to that tax.
When asked about whether Mexico and Canada are included in 10 %Besent simply replied: “Yes.”
Trump announced in February that he would punish Mexico and Canada-to consider that they do not do enough against irregular immigration and fentanyl traffic-with a 25%tariff, although in March it froze the application of that property tax included in the T-MEC Trilateral Commercial Treaty.
When on April 2 Trump announced what he called “reciprocal tariffs”, which involved generalized rates of 10% and higher volumes for regions and countries such as China or the European Union, which export a lot to the United States and maintain large commercial deficits with that country, Mexico and Canada were out of the initial list of sanctioning countries.