Office of the US Trade Representative announces it is granting tariff exemptions to more than 400 items imported from China. According to trade experts, the move indicates that the trade war is inflicting increasing harm to US industries and consumers.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative announced that it is granting tariff exemptions to more than 400 items imported from China. According to trade experts, the move indicates that the trade war is inflicting increasing harm to American industries and consumers — and that the White House is trying to mitigate that damage and lower tensions as negotiators from the two countries try to work out a deal.
The exemptions were on goods in three separate tranches of tariffs the U.S. imposed between July 6 and Sept. 24, 2018 that total $250 billion worth of imports. All three are temporary, with the exemptions on the $200 billion portion expiring Aug. 7, 2020, with the other two sets of exemptions expiring one year from now. U.S. business interests had requested tariff exclusions for these items on the primary grounds that they either could not get that particular item from a U.S.
There were a number of consumer products among the listed items: dog harnesses, retractable leashes, GPS collars and pet drinking fountains. Also exempted were several items related to outdoor leisure and hobbies: Off-road ATVs, single-speed bikes and electric skateboards, along with pool vacuum parts and thermometers, coolers, portable ice-cube makers, steel wire barbecue grill tops, patio torches, and some metal pergolas and gazebos.
Some of the items reflect the extent of the tariffs’ impact on the construction and homebuilding industries. Exemptions were granted on certain kinds of wood-laminate flooring, equipment used to produce engineered quartz countertops, bulldozers, forklifts, portable concrete mixers, chain-link fencing, woodworking tools and equipment.
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