Responding to Trump, China Plans New Tariffs on U.S. Goods<br />In announcing the planned tariffs, the Commerce Ministry said China would also<br />“take legal action within the framework of the World Trade Organization.”<br />The announcement, however, did not mention Mr. Trump’s latest round of tariffs aimed at Chinese-made goods, which the White House said Thursday was punishment for China’s use of pressure<br />and intimidation to obtain American technology and trade secrets.<br />By CHRIS BUCKLEY and SUI-LEE WEEMARCH 22, 2018<br />BEIJING — China announced Friday that it planned to impose tariffs on $3 billion worth of American-produced fruit, pork, wine, seamless steel pipes<br />and more than 100 other goods, hitting back at the United States hours after President Trump proposed tariffs on about $60 billion worth of Chinese-made products.<br />Notably, too, the list of 128 products that could be affected by Chinese tariffs did not mention soybeans, smartphones or other electronic products, leaving open the possibility<br />that they would be hit by another wave of Chinese retaliation in reaction to Mr. Trump’s latest tariffs, or set the stage for negotiations to avert a trade war.<br />The Chinese tariffs would “balance out the losses sustained by China through the United States’ increased tariffs on steel<br />and aluminum imports,” an unnamed Commerce Ministry spokesman said in the statement.<br />The Chinese Ministry of Commerce issued the threat in an online statement<br />that said its proposed measures retaliated against the Trump administration’s earlier decision to impose tariffs on Chinese steel and aluminum.
