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China announced retaliation, 5-10% tariffs on $60B US imports effective Sep 24

China formally announced its retaliation tariffs, in response to the tariffs on USD 200B in Chinese imports announced by USTR yesterday. In short, the tariffs will be effective at 12:01 local time on September 24. Total amount of American good involved values at USD 60B, Tariff rates are at 5% and 10%, much lower than prior proposed 5-25%.

China’s announce was made through the Ministry of Finance. 2493 lines of products in Annex 1 and 1078 lines of products in Annex 2 will be subject to 10% tariffs. 974 lines in Annex 3 and 662 lines in Annex 4 will be charged 5% tariffs.

Statement in simplified Chinese here.

Separately, China has also filed another complaint to the WTO regarding the new US tariffs.

Yesterday, the USTR announced 10% tariffs on USD 200B of Chinese imports, effect September 24, 2018. Starting January 1, 2019, the tariff rate will be increased to 25%.

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