On the evening of August 8, the Ministry of Commerce issued the "Announcement on Adding Tariffs to Certain Goods Originating in the United States", according to the Ministry of Commerce No. 55 of 2018 and the State Council Tariff Commission on the origin of about 16 billion native to the United States. Announcement on Adding Tariffs for Imports of US Dollars (Announcement of the Taxation Committee [2018] No. 7), promulgating the adjusted list of tariffed goods for US exports to China, starting from 12:01 on August 23, 2018 Add 25% tariff.
Imported solid waste from the United States has become one of the list products. In addition, high density polyethylene, linear low density polyethylene, polypropylene, etc. are included in this list.
A spokesperson for the Ministry of Commerce said that the US has decided to impose a 25% tariff on US$16 billion from China’s exports to the United States on August 23, and once again put domestic laws above international law. This is a very unreasonable practice. Its own legitimate rights and interests and the multilateral trading system have to make the necessary counter-measures, and decided to impose a 25% tariff on US$16 billion from US imports, and implement it in parallel with the US.
Attachment (involving imported solid waste):
