Beijing: "Washington's decision to exempt some electronics from tariffs is small step toward correcting mistake"

[Sun, 13 Apr 2025 23:41:16 +0300] Beijing - Saba: The Chinese government said that the United States' decision to exempt some consumer electronics from what is known as "reciprocal" tariffs is a limited step towards correcting what it described as US mistakes, and urged Washington to take greater steps to eliminate these duties completely. "This is a small step by the United States toward correcting the wrong action of imposing unilateral reciprocal tariffs," the Chinese Ministry of Commerce said in a statement posted on its official WeChat account on Sunday. "The United States should take the big step of fully rescinding this wrongful action and return to the right path of resolving disputes through equal and mutually respectful dialogue," it added, according to Bloomberg.

On Friday, the Trump administration decided to exempt smartphones, computers and other electronics from the increase in import tariffs, narrowing the scope of the 125% tariffs on goods from China and a basic 10% duty on imports from most other countries..