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USTR: No exclusion process for $200 billion in tariffs unless China talks fail

January 15, 2019 at 2:28 PM

The Trump administration will not set up a process for products to be excluded from tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods unless U.S.-China talks fail and the tariffs are increased from 10 percent to 25 percent, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer told Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) last week. “Regarding the $200 billion tariff action, an exclusion process has not been established at this time,” Lighthizer said in a Jan. 11 letter to Kaine. “As you know, on December...

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