FILE: China to impose tariffs of 34% on all US goods from April 10

Record ID: 1988180

  • Title: FILE: China to impose tariffs of 34% on all US goods from April 10
  • Date: 4th April 2025
  • Summary: UNKNOWN LOCATION, CHINA (FILE) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF PORT WHERE CONTAINERS ARE BEING LOADED ON AND OFF TRUCKS BEIJING, CHINA (FILE - JUNE 29, 2018) (REUTERS) GENERAL MANAGER OF RESTAURANT "HOMEPLATE", CHARLES DE PELLETTE, PICKING UP PIECE OF FROZEN PORK IMPORTED FROM THE U.S. LABEL ON PACKAGED PORK READING "COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: USA" TULARE, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (FILE - J
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  • Keywords: CHINA TARIFFS TRUMP USA
  • Location: VARIOUS
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  • Country: US
  • Topics: North America,Government/Politics,International Trade
  • Reuters ID: LVA004425604042025RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:China on Friday (April 4) announced a slew of additional tariffs and restrictions against U.S. goods as a countermeasure to sweeping tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump.
    The finance ministry matched U.S. duties with additional tariffs of 34% on all U.S. goods from April 10, on top of the 10%-15% tariffs it imposed on some U.S. agriculture goods in March and 10%-15% tariffs on some energy and farming machinery in February.
    Trump accused China of panicking in a comment on Truth Social.
    "They played it wrong," he wrote on Friday. "They panicked - the one thing they cannot afford to do."
    Beijing's retaliation comes after Trump slapped the world's No. 2 economy with additional 34% tariffs on Chinese goods, bringing the total new levies this year to 54%. Trump also closed a trade loophole that had allowed low-value packages from China to enter the U.S duty-free.
    China called the new round of U.S tariffs a "blatant" violation of World Trade Organization rules and have requested consultations at the WTO.
    Beijing also announced controls on exports of medium and heavy rare-earths, including samarium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, lutetium, scandium and yttrium to the United States, effective April 4.
    (Production: Livi Empson, Hannah Ellison)
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