China Responds to Trump’s Policies with 15% Tariffs on Imports

Since Donald Trump came into power, he has been changing U.S. policies. One of the significant changes that came to light was the tariff hike. In response, China imposed 15% tariffs on various American products. This latest move by China is seen as a retaliatory measure against the United States, escalating the trade war that began under President Donald Trump’s administration. 

The tariffs would especially impact food products, including chicken, wheat, and corn imported from the United States. The China Ministry of Commerce said 15 U.S. companies would no longer be allowed to buy products from China except with special permission. It would also include the largest American maker of drones – Skydio. 

Lou Qinjian, a Chinese National People’s Congress spokesperson, chastised the United States for violating the World Trade Organization’s free trade rules. “By imposing unilateral tariffs, the U.S. has violated WTO rules and disrupted the security and stability of the global industrial and supply chains,” he said. 

Trump has moved much faster in his second phase than the first. In his previous term, he imposed 25% on imports worth about $300 billion annually, which concluded at 25% on many industrial goods while cutting a 15% tariff on some customer products to 7.5% and cancelling a few other tariffs. 

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This time, Trump has imposed 20% tariffs on all goods the U.S. imports from China, worth about $400 billion annually. In this tenure, he included smartphones, which was omitted during the first term. 

China is disappointed with Trump’s decision and sent a message to the Trump administration that “unilateral tariff doesn’t work — you have to sit down to talk to us and to negotiate with us“, said Wu Xinbo, dean of the Institute of International Studies at Fudan University in Shanghai.