Reuters reported that the United States government's tax list excludes these consumer goods, and retailers’ concerns have temporarily eased; they were initially concerned that once tariffs were imposed, American consumers would be exposed to the cost of rising costs and thus affect business.
An industry source pointed out that the list excludes most of the consumer technology products and it is somewhat unexpected because it is one of the major Chinese exports to the United States. He described the feeling of the tech industry as 'like flashing a bullet.' ', but traditional industrial products, pharmaceutical industry and medical equipment and other enterprises will still be affected.
USTR officials pointed out that the implementation of tariffs is determined by an algorithm and hopes to exert the greatest pain on Chinese exporters and minimize harm to American consumers. However, the official list is not the same as the list prepared by the algorithm. Deletion of some items may lead to the United States. Economic confusion, and exclusion of goods based on legal factors.
Adam Slater, an economist at the Oxford Economics Institute, said that Sino-U.S. trade relations have become tense and may become the biggest risks to the global economy. In particular, U.S. President Trump 'is quite attached to 'U.S. to China’s US$340 billion. The bilateral trade deficit has threatened to cut 100 billion U.S. dollars from China’s deficit. If the United States takes strict protectionist measures against China, it will have to seriously bombard China’s telecommunications and electronics industries (accounting for about 30% of China’s exports to the United States). ) may harm the United States itself, because American companies actively participate in (or indirectly participate in) relevant industries in China and may become a major obstacle to the United States' adoption of 'very tough actions'.