1.原文连结:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-06/u-s-exempts-face-masks-medi
cal-products-from-china-tariffs
2.原文内容:
大致内容:
川普政府本周批准免除从中国进口的一系列医疗产品的关税,包括口罩和医用手套。获
得豁免的产品包括Medegen medical products,LLC.的医用口罩、Cardinal Health Exa
ming手套和Medline Industries Inc.的患者清洁湿巾。
The Trump administration this week?granted?exemptions from tariffs for a ran
ge of medical products imported from China, including face masks and medical
gloves.
Among the products that won an exemption are medical masks by Medegen Medica
l Products, LLC., Cardinal Health exam gloves, and Medline Industries Inc.’
s patient cleansing wipes.
In its request to exclude masks from the 7.5% duty, Medegen said the global
production of the product is significantly limited to China, and changing to
U.S. or third-country manufacturers “is not practical or competitive.”
“Additional duties on such products would cause major financial harm and in
crease costs to healthcare providers and their customers in the United State
s,” the company wrote.
President Donald Trump in September imposed a 15% tariff on roughly $112 bil
lion in Chinese goods but cut that duty by half as part of his phase one tra
de deal with Beijing, which took effect Feb. 14.
The move to exclude certain Chinese imports from duties comes as the U.S. is
reporting a growing number of coronavirus cases and the virus is dragging o
n the global economy. It also comes at the same time as some White House off
icials are pushing to stockpile American supplies and shift supply chains ou
t of China.
Peter Navarro, one of Trump’s trade advisers, met Wednesday with a group of
pharmaceutical companies to discuss supply chain vulnerabilities and ways t
o ensure that critical parts of the pharmaceutical supply chains could move
away from China