New Tariffs Would be 'Cutting Off Our Nose to Spite Our Face,' CompTIA Says
Stakeholders blasted President Donald Trump's threats to impose new Trade Act Section 301 tariffs of 10 percent on an additional $200 billion worth of goods from China. CompTIA has “no doubt that China needs to be held accountable” for unfair…
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trade practices, said Elizabeth Hyman, executive vice president-public advocacy. “But additional tariffs are cutting off our nose to spite our face,” she said Tuesday. “Rather than using the blunt instrument of tariffs on China, more energy should be devoted to working with the U.S. Congress to develop productive solutions." China's retaliatory decision to impose 25 percent tariffs on $34 billion in U.S. imports, mirroring the administration’s Section 301 tariffs announced Friday (see 1806150030), shows China "has no intention of changing its unfair practices related to the acquisition of American intellectual property and technology," said Trump Monday. Trump directed U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to “identify” $200 billion worth of Chinese goods for additional 10 percent tariffs.