“US President Donald Trump by decree doubled the duties on goods from China because of “the inability of the Power of China to take measures to reduce the constant influx of synthetic opioids, including fentanyl.” Source: Decree on the White House website: the document states that duties on Chinese goods will increase from 10% to 20%.”, – WRITE: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: Decree on the White House website
Details: The document states that duties on Chinese goods will increase from 10% to 20%.
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The decree also states that “China has not taken proper measures to mitigate the crisis with drug trafficking through joint law enforcement, and that the crisis … did not decrease.”
Trump stressed that the crisis with Fentanyl is jeopardizing “national security, foreign policy and the United States economy.”
In this regard, the decree on duties on goods from China is made changes: the words “10 percent” are replaced by “20 percent”.
That preceded: In early February, Trump signed three decrees on the introduction of additional duties on goods from Canada, Mexico and China.
Tariffs, in particular, provided 10% for imports from China, which was a supplement to the current duties in the amount of up to 25%.