Trump orders raising tariffs on essentially all remaining imports from China

TIL Desk/World/Washington/ United States President Donald Trump has ordered his top officials to begin the process to raise tariffs on almost all the imports from China, US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said Friday.

This amounts to about USD300 billion. This is in addition to the Chinese imports worth USD200 billion on which Trump increased the import duty from 10 percent to 25 percent, beginning Friday.

“Earlier today, at the direction of the President, the United States increased the level of tariffs from 10 percent to 25 percent on approximately $200 billion worth of Chinese imports,” Lighthizer said.

“The President also ordered us to begin the process of raising tariffs on essentially all remaining imports from China, which are valued at approximately USD300 billion,” he said.

The process for public notice and comment will be published shortly in the Federal Register. “The details will be on the USTR website on Monday as we begin the process prior to a final decision on these tariffs,” Lighthizer said.