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US removes some Chinese furniture, modems from planned 10 percent tariffs

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David Lawder and David Shepardson, Reuters

WASHINGTON - The Trump administration is sparing some Chinese-made household furniture, baby items and internet modems and routers from its next rounds of 10 percent tariffs, it said on Friday.The US Trade Representative&#x27;s office released a complete list of the items that were removed from $300 billion in tariffs scheduled to go into effect on Sept. 1 and Dec. 15, some of which had already been hit with 25 percent tariffs.Trump on Tuesday delayed more than half of the proposed tariffs until December, saying it would help shield businesses and consumers from the US-China trade war fallout during the Christmas selling season.The new list of 44 categories of spared imports, worth about $7.8 billion according to US Census Bureau data, also includes some chemical compounds used in the manufacture of plastics. Reuters previously reported that copies of the Bible and religious texts would be spared from the tariff list.Modems and routers made in China were part of a $200 billion list of products hit with tariffs last September that have since been raised to 25 percent. Friday&#x27;s exclusion would avoid a further 10 percent hike as Trump imposes tariffs on Sept. 1 to products in the same broad customs category, including smart watches, smart speakers and Bluetooth headphones.The bulk of the items removed from the tariff list were furniture products, including wooden- and metal-framed chairs and those made of plastics. Some of these were previously hit with tariffs as part of broader furniture categories.Baby-related furniture items were also spared, including toddler beds, bassinets, cradles, strollers and children&#x27;s seats.The $114 billion retail furniture industry has been among the sectors hardest hit with price increases due to Trump&#x27;s tariffs, which rose to 25 percent in May.The US Labor Department said on Tuesday that the price index for household furnishings rose 0.4 percent in July, marking its third consecutive monthly increase and contributing to broad-based growth in consumer prices in July.

The Trump administration is sparing some Chinese-made household furniture, baby items and internet modems and routers from its next rounds of 10 percent tariffs, it said on Friday.

The Trump administration is sparing some Chinese-made household furniture, baby items and internet modems and routers from its next rounds of 10 percent tariffs, it said on Friday.

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US removes some Chinese furniture, modems from planned 10 percent tariffs

David Lawder and David Shepardson,

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Published Aug 17, 2019 10:44 AM PHT

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