According to the British broadcasting corporation (BBCfor its acronym in English) the political analysts of the United Kingdom “believe that a Commercial War large -scale “between China and USA, directly influenced by the president’s decision Donald Trump to impose 100% tariffs on Chinese imports.
Given this situation, Lin JianDeputy Director of the Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, declared that the Beijing Government will “fight until the end and will not yield to the blackmail American “, so the Asian country decided to impose a tariff of 84% on all the products imported from the US.
“The practice of the United States to increase tariffs to China is a serious mistake. Allow me to reiterate that the intimidation It does not scare us, the harassment It does not work with us and the pressure or Threats They are not the ways of working. If the US wants a tariff war, we are ready, “Jian added, during a press conference.
This uncertainty about Tariffs generated various problems in international markets; However, in this case, the dispute between the great world powers generated the doubt about the exports of the United States to China, taking into account that in the coming weeks these are going to decrease significantly.
What imports China from the United States?
At present, the main exports of the United States to China are OLEAGINOSA (vegetables whose seed or fruit can be extracted oil) and cereals. Also aircraft, machinery and pharmaceutical products. In 2024, the Asian nation imported approximately US $ 145 billion of the USA, less than they expected.
In turn, in the opposite case, the United States imported approximately from China US $ 440 billion in 2024; Therefore, this situation left the North American country with a positive commercial deficit in front of its rival, since Chinese imports are equivalent to about 1% of the current US economy.
According to the International Trade Commission in the United States, the five importance of China from the US soy (Occupying 9% of total importance), aircraft and the engines (8%), the Integrated circuits (4%), products Pharmacists (4%) and the oil (3%).
“The highest category of exported goods from the US to China was soybeans, mainly used to feed the approximately 400 million pigs In the Chinese territory, “the International Trade Commission said, the institution responsible for ensuring that the consumer market is efficient and have no restrictions.
After the new measures of China, taken as a threat from the United States, President Donald Trump made the decision to increase the tariff to the Asian giant to a 125% “With immediate effect”, as stated in their publications on social networks during the morning of this Wednesday, April 9.
“At some point, hopefully in the near future, China will realize that the days of cheat To the United States and other countries are no longer sustainable nor acceptable. I rely on the lack of respect that China has shown towards all world markets and that is why I make these decisions, “added the republican president.
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Trump suspend tariffs to other countries
The president of the United States, Donald Trump, announced a 90 -day break in the application of tariffs to those countries that have not taken commercial reprisals against their tariff plan and have sought a negotiated solution.
The Republican explained in his social social network that his decision is due to the fact that more than 75 countries have sought to negotiate with Washington and “have not taken reprisals in any way against the United States,” AFP said.