Tag: Trade War
The global merits of a Sino-U.S. rapprochement
Tariffs on Chinese goods are hurting U.S. coronavirus fight
Trump’s trade war exacerbated shortage of medical equipment
A Truce in the Trade War Will Save American Lives
A Truce in the Trade War Will Save American Lives
Why isn’t America just buying massive amounts of the equipment it needs from China? Because tariffs are standing in the way.
Since 2018, the Donald J. Trump administration has imposed more than $400 billion of tariffs on imports from China. Some $360 billion of those duties remain in place today. Critical medical products, including face masks, gloves, protective goggles, and thermometers have been subject to import tariffs. The tariff rate was initially set at 15 percent, but was lowered to 7.5 percent on February 15 as part of the Phase 1 trade deal.
Fear, Coronavirus, and America’s cold war with China
Fear, Coronavirus, and America’s cold war with China
As Covid-19 increasingly disrupts daily life, and as the factors are in place for the virus to grow even bigger in near-future America, eerie similarities are appearing between now and the aftermath…
What Were We Thinking?, by Godfree Roberts
Global Pandemic: Emergency Measures Needed, Reject Anti-China Hate – Caleb talks w/ Daniel Burke
China locked in hybrid war with US
[2018] Trump tariffs would take a $5B bite out of the medical device industry
Crist said that industry officials are “surprised and disappointed” by the situation, especially because the USTR report about potentially unfair Chinese trade practices didn’t even mention medical technology.
According to Crist, that $5 billion number could be higher if you take into account component parts like circuit boards that are not necessarily listed under medical devices on the Harmonized Trade Schedule.
— Read on www.medicaldesignandoutsourcing.com/trump-tariffs-take-5b-bite-medical-device-industry/
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