{"id":8118,"date":"2018-07-10T17:02:36","date_gmt":"2018-07-11T00:02:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=8118"},"modified":"2018-07-10T17:02:36","modified_gmt":"2018-07-11T00:02:36","slug":"trump-administration-ustr-announces-list-of-tariffs-on-200-billion-in-chinese-goods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=8118","title":{"rendered":"Trump administration USTR announces list of tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese goods"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Trump administration on Tuesday\u00a0<a class=\"inline_asset\" href=\"https:\/\/ustr.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/301\/2018-0026%20China%20FRN%207-10-2018_0.pdf\">released a list<\/a>\u00a0of 10 percent tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese goods, making good on the president\u2019s recent threats to escalate a broadening trade war with Beijing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe $200 billion figure we&#8217;re looking at is roughly equal to their exports to us,\u201d a senior administration official said.<\/p>\n<p>The tariffs will not go into effect immediately but will undergo a two-month review process, with hearings Aug. 20-23.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inline_movable_ad\"><\/div>\n<p>Some of the products on the list facing tariffs are from Made in China 2025 sectors, the official said. Made in China 2025 is a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2018\/06\/25\/facing-us-blowback-beijing-softens-its-made-in-china-2025-message.html\">strategic plan to make China a leader in key global industries<\/a>, including technology.<\/p>\n<p>When compiling the list of goods, the U.S. Trade Representative took into account what could cause disruptions to China&#8217;s economy.<\/p>\n<p>The official said the administration has been extremely clear to China in terms of its concerns about trade, but China has been unresponsive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Trump administration on Tuesday\u00a0released a&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7886,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-u-s-a"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8118"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8118\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8119,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8118\/revisions\/8119"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}