CNBC: list of US goods targeted for 25% tariff

[Laura PourMeADrink]

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/13/here-is-a-list-of-us-goods-china-is-targeting-with-a-25percent-tariff.html

China will raise tariffs on $60 billion in U.S. goods in retaliation for the Trump administration’s latest decision to increase duties on Chinese products.
Beijing will increase tariffs on more than 5,000 U.S. products to as high as 25%, the Chinese Finance Ministry says.
Here is a list of some of the 2,493 goods that will be subject to a 25% tariff.

Frozen, dried, smoked and salted beef
Honey
Frozen spinach and legumes including peas, beans and lentils
Fine and coarse rice, corn and wheat flour as well as processed oats
Any plant mainly used as a spice
Virgin olive oil, peanut oil, soybean oil, sunflower oil, coconut oil and sesame oil
Soda and bottled water
Spirits including gin, tequila, vodka and other distilled spirits and alcoholic beverages

Building stone, bricks, panels and floor tiles
Wall and ceiling coverings
Pipes and tubes
Wood flooring and carpets
Small tools including handsaws, scissors and other blades
Tools used for drilling, milling or boring

Furniture including metal or wood frames for upholstered furniture
Bedding and sleeping bags
Footwear including leather and rubber boots, sports shoes and accessories for shoes
Hats, umbrellas and walking sticks
Lighting fixtures
Watches and clocks
Musical instruments including upright pianos, stringed instruments, wind instruments and keyboards

Parts for railway or tramway locomotives
Track signal equipment for railway or tramway
Sailboats, motorboats and yachts
Canoes and other recreational vessels

Coffee makers, hair dryers, microwaves, space heaters, electric ovens
Television broadcast cameras
Telecommunications equipment
Microphones, headphones, speakers, recorders, DVD players and other accessories for video and audio equipment


Rocks including granite, marble, chalk and sandstone
Precious and semiprecious stones including diamonds, rubies and emeralds
Metal ores including iron, nickel, zinc, titanium and zirconium
Natural liquid gas
Fertilizers
Chemicals including chlorine, iodine and sulfuric acid
Dyes and pigment

[BigmanPigman]

1. In other words EVERYTHING!

[frazzled]

2. Chinese virgin olive oil?

Never heard of it. Italian, yes, Spanish, yes, Greek yes.

Maybe it’s the bottles and caps that are made in China. But I’m picky, I always look at the country of origin on things like olive oil, and if I ever saw China, I’d say no thanks.

[Kaleva]

3. Olive oil is produced in the US

The article states that China will increase tariffs on olive oil imported from the US,

[Stinky The Clown]

4. That is a listing of US products that China will be raising tariffs on.

Not the other way around.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

5. Exactly. But the whole thing is not very

complex..if someone with money could run some ads. My pet peeve.....there are literally thousands of crazy bad things this administration is doing and prime fodder for ads...and all we have is Steyer.