Trump’s tariff hike on $200bn of Chinese goods takes effect
Tariff increase to 25% comes in the midst of talks to try rescue a deal aimed at ending a 10-month trade dispute
Washington — US President Donald Trump’s tariff increase to 25% on $200bn worth of Chinese goods took effect on Friday, ratcheting up tensions between the US and China as they pursue last-ditch talks to try to salvage a trade deal. With no action from the Trump administration to reverse the increase, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) imposed the new 25% duty on affected US-bound cargoes leaving China after 4.01am GMT on Friday. Goods in the more than 5,700 affected product categories that left Chinese ports and airports before midnight will be subject to the original 10% duty rate, a CBP spokesperson said. The grace period was not applied to three previous rounds of tariffs imposed in 2018 on Chinese goods, which had much longer notice periods of at least three weeks before the duties took effect. Trump gave US importers less than five days notice about his decision to increase the rate on the $200bn category of goods to 25%, which now matches the rate on a prior $50bn categor...
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