{"id":70987,"date":"2025-04-16T22:37:32","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T17:37:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=70987"},"modified":"2025-04-16T22:37:32","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T17:37:32","slug":"president-trump-imposes-245-tariffs-on-chinese-imports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/world\/president-trump-imposes-245-tariffs-on-chinese-imports\/","title":{"rendered":"President Trump imposes 245% tariffs on Chinese imports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON: The ongoing trade war between the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/world\/at-least-4-killed-in-high-school-shooting-in-united-states\/\">United States<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/world\/pakistan-china-agree-to-deepen-maritime-cooperation\/\">China<\/a> has escalated, with former President Donald Trump issuing an executive order to impose <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/mobile-phones\/us-excludes-smartphones-and-computers-from-global-trump-era-tariffs\/\">tariffs<\/a> of up to 245% on Chinese goods.<\/p>\n<p>The move comes in response to China\u2019s retaliation, which has chosen to retaliate rather than engage in negotiations, according to a White House statement. \u201cChina has left us no choice,\u201d the statement said, adding that the new tariffs are intended to protect American industry, technology and national security.<\/p>\n<p>The sweeping tariff package includes three key components: a 125% bilateral tariff, a 20% levy to address the fentanyl crisis, and an additional 7.5% to 100% duty under Section 301 targeting certain Chinese products.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has also eliminated existing exemptions and loopholes in the steel and aluminum tariffs, restoring the flat 25% rate. The White House drafted the executive order as part of a broader strategy to correct \u201cunfair and unreciprocated trade deals\u201d and align US trade policy with the national interest.<\/p>\n<p>The administration further revealed that Trump has signed a memorandum to address issues such as digital services taxes, penalties on foreigners and discriminatory policies targeting US firms.<\/p>\n<p>While 75 countries have reportedly approached Washington for talks on the issue of rising tariffs, the White House claims that China has been the most vocal in refusing to talk.<\/p>\n<p>However, economists have warned of the potential consequences. They argue that such aggressive measures could lead to higher consumer prices, strained global trade relations and disruptions to international supply chains.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON: The ongoing trade war between the United States and China has escalated, with former President Donald Trump issuing an executive order to impose tariffs of up to 245% on Chinese goods. The move comes in response to China\u2019s retaliation, which has chosen to retaliate rather than engage in negotiations, according to a White House [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":70999,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3],"tags":[470,636,27907],"class_list":["post-70987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-world","tag-china","tag-united-states","tag-trump-tariffs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70987"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70987\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71000,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70987\/revisions\/71000"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}