THOMPSON COBURN TRADE ALERT – EXPORTS
HEADLINE	China Imposes Retaliatory Tariffs & Export Controls
DATE	February 4 2025  12:30PM EST
AGENCY	China – Ministry of Finance
STATUS	Signed
EFFECTIVE DATE	10 February 2025
BACKGROUND	China responded to President Trump’s February 1 Executive Order imposing an additional 10% duties on all goods from China with retaliatory tariffs, export controls.
DETAILS	China announced retaliatory tariffs against the U.S., including a 15% tariff on coal and liquified natural gas imports, anda 10% tariff on crude oil, agricultural machinery, pickup trucks, and large-engine cars.   China also unveiled new export controls on 25 rare metals and chemicals including tungsten, tellurium, bismuth, and molybdenum, which are used in a range of industrial & aerospace appliances. China filed a complaint with the WTO’s dispute settlement mechanism against the U.S. decision to impose additional tariffs on goods from China, and is undertaking investigations of certain U.S. companies, although the government did not directly relate these investigations to the tariff actions by the United States.
BASIS	N/A
HTS/ PRODUCTS	15% – coal and liquified natural gas, as specified in Annex 110% – crude oil, agricultural machinery, large-displacement vehicles, pickup trucks, as specified in Annex 2
COUNTRY	China, U.S.
CITE	Reuters – China launches limited tariffs after Trump imposes sweeping new levies | Reuters  BBC – Five ways China is hitting back against US tariffs  Le Monde – China retaliates against US tariffs with tariffs, probes, WTO complaint   Chinese Announcements/Notices – Announcement of the Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council on Imposing Additional Tariffs on Certain Imported Goods Originating in the United States  PRC Ministry of Commerce – Announcement No. 10 of 2025 of the General Administration of Customs of the Ministry of Commerce

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