In a move to contain the repercussions of tight customs decisions, the US Customs and Protection Authority announced the exclusion of a number of technological products from the new customs duties imposed by the administration of US President Donald Trump on Chinese imports.
The authority said, in directives issued today, Saturday, that smartphones and computers will be exempt from 145%fees, which were recently imposed on all products coming from China, as part of a trend to reduce the impact on American technology companies.
The directives also included exemptions for other components and electronic devices such as laptops, semi -conductors, flat TV screens, mobile drives, memory cards, and devices used to store data.
Although these exemptions may be temporary, estimates indicate that any future fees on these products will be less than the current percentage imposed.
These directives come after the American fees were raised on Chinese goods to 145%, in a move that sparked strong reactions from Beijing, which similarly responded by increasing additional fees on American products from 84%to 125%.
The Chinese government emphasized that the American fees are incompatible with economic laws and commercial logic, noting its intention to file an official complaint to the World Trade Organization against these increases.
President Trump has temporarily suspended customs duties on several partner countries, including the European Union, for a period of 90 days, while he continued his commercial escalation towards China, considering that the Chinese response was not justified.
