White House levy to protect US makers from cheap imports likely to inflame trade tensions

White House levy to protect US makers from cheap imports likely to inflame trade tensions

The US president, Joe Biden, has announced a 100% tariff on Chinese-made electric vehicles as part of a package of measures designed to protect US manufacturers from cheap imports.

In a move that is likely to inflame trade tensions between the world’s two biggest economies, the White House said it was imposing more stringent curbs on Chinese goods worth $18bn.

Sources said the move followed a four-year review and was a preventive measure designed to stop cheap subsidised Chinese goods flooding the US market and stifling the growth of the American green technology sector.

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Despite the risks of retaliation from Beijing, Biden said the increased levies were a proportionate response to China’s overcapacity in the EV sector. Sources said China was producing 30m EVs a year but could sell only 22-23m domestically.

  • Etterra@lemmy.world
    325·
    6 months ago

    Lol he’s beating Trump to it. It won’t help him at all, but it is funny because it will piss the orange asshole off.

    • darkpanda@lemmy.ca
      21·
      6 months ago

      I predict Trump will make a day-one promise to remove this tariff calling it terrible, just terrible.

        • Huckledebuck
          21·
          6 months ago

          So Trump can be controlled with reverse psychology, like a 2 year old. Definitely possible.

      • crispyflagstones
        6·
        6 months ago

        They excerpted Trump on the PBS Newshour yesterday at one of his latest campaign rallies. Apparently his stance on this is that Biden should have done the EV tarriff four years ago. Now, four years ago today, Donald Trump was President, but let’s not let that get in the way of a good speech, right?