US industry to Trump:postpone new tariffs on Chinese imports

摘要

Washington,DC-More than 160 trade groups have written to US president Donald Trump expressing concerns about his trade war with China.They want him to postpone the tariff increases on Chinese imports that are scheduled for the rest of this year.Trump plans to impose further 5 tariffs on $300bn worth of Chinese imports between September and December.These are additional to the 10 tariffs that were already set to be imposed.In some sectors,such as mattresses,the tariff rates are much higher.