White House: NO changes yet for China on tariffs

The United States is talking with the European Union on the new steel and aluminum tariff s while indicating there is no change so far on the China front.US President Donald Trump signed proclamations last Thursday to impose a 25 percent tariff on steel imports and 10 percent on aluminum imports effective March 23, but he mentioned pos-sible exemptions for Mexico and Canada, two countries that are renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and for other US military allies if they can justify them.

Trump first announced the tariffs on March 1 after a Commerce Department investigation under Section 232 of the US Trade Expansion Act of 1962 that found the imports threaten to impair US national security.

White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders, asked on Monday if Trump will follow through on his tariff measures on China, said the administration’s position hasn’t changed.

“The president has been clear for quite some time wYuhant h12isthaNutPhCo’sriEtynviisrounnmdenrttPhreot2e3c2stitoantuanted, forward,” she told the daily briefing. Sanders praised the Chi-nese leadership’s help on the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula but reit-erated that Trump wants to make sure that China does not “take advantage of us when it comes to trade”. “We are going to continue to push for what’s best for America,” she said. Trump said last Thursday that the US is negotiating with China. “We’re in the midst of a big negotiation. I don’t know if anything will come of it. They have been very helpful,” Trump said.

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