The United States issued a proposal to impose a list of tariffs on Chinese products. The U.S. trade representative proposed to impose an additional 25% tariff on Chinese products on the list, and tax the value of Chinese imports to make up for the technological losses suffered by the United States.

Under the provisions of Section 301, the U.S. Trade Agents Association publishes a list of proposed tariffs for Chinese products.

Following investigations by the U.S. Trade Representative Office 301, President Trump announced in March that the United States will levy tariffs on Chinese imports worth about US$50 billion and take other measures to cope with China’s forced U.S. companies to transfer their technology and intellectual property to China. Domestic business policy. These policies have strengthened China’s willingness to obtain economic leadership in advanced technology areas as outlined in its “industrial plan”, such as “Made in China 2025”.

The proposed list covers about 1300 individual tariff items. Of these 1,300 individual tariff items, 10 are related to the shoe leather industry, mainly shoe leather machinery and leather products for aircraft use. All are geared towards enterprises and are not directly oriented to consumers. The cost of related importing companies will increase, affecting the supply chain.

Involved in the leather industry list:

84522110 ..... Sewing machine designed specifically to connect the sole of the shoe to the upper

84522910 ..... Sewing machine, non-automatic, specially designed to connect the sole of the sewing machine

84531000 ..... Machines for the preparation, preparation or processing of hides, leather or leather

84532000 ..... shoemaking machinery

84538000 ..... MACHINERY, SERIAL, MANUFACTURE OR REPAIR OBJECTS Hides, skins or leather

84539010 ..... Machine parts for making or repairing footwear

84539050 ..... Machine parts for the preparation, preparation or processing of hides, hides, leather or articles of manufacture

84771030 ..... Injection Molding Machine for Making Rubber or Plastic Shoes

84807110 ..... Rubber or plastic injection mould or compression mould for shoemaking machinery

94011040 ..... Seat for aircraft, leather upholstered

94011080 ..... Seat for aircraft (O/ leather cushion)

According to data from the China Industrial Leather Information Center, taking code 8453 (processing hides, hides, tanning or processing machines) as an example, the amount of U.S. imports from China was 31.95 million U.S. dollars in 2017 and 20.8 million U.S. dollars in 2016. The total amount of the project will only be smaller.

For the Chinese shoe leather industry, only some of the export companies may suffer losses, but the overall impact is modest. However, it is impossible to completely rule out the possibility of the United States increasing tariffs on bulk exports such as footwear, despite the opposition of domestic US retailers and footwear companies.

Once the United States is obliged to go its own way, China will surely adopt equal measures and equal measures of equal measure for American products. China is the largest exporter of raw hides in the United States. In the future, whether Chinese companies import raw hides will be affected. China Leather will pay close attention and report in a timely manner.

The announcement on the 4th was issued a few days after the U.S. Trade Representative proposed a consultation with China after the World Trade Organization (WTO) to resolve China’s discriminatory technology licensing requirements. This consultation is the first step in the WTO dispute settlement process. If the United States and China cannot reach a solution through consultations, the United States may request the establishment of a WTO dispute settlement team to review the matter.