The US has opened national security investigations on imports Semantics and drug productsAnother new progress Trump President TrumpThis can lead to the fees of these products.
Investigations in the Federal Registry on Inquiry Declare on Monday General opinion Within three weeks. He has not announced it before.
Although President Trump P aus s for 90 last week Apart from importing from China, his biggest increase in fees, he said that he still plans for fees Pharmacy drugs, wood, copper and computer chips.
Fees to protect national security
The business department said it was investigating how it imported Computer chipsThe equipment for making them and the products that contain them. Chips are found in many essential products such as cars, refrigerators, smartphones and other products. Under Section 232 of the 1962 Business Extension Act, the Presidential charges can be imposed Protect national security.
Research includes assessing the ability of American national chips Satisfy the request for us And the role of production and assembly, tests and packaging to meet those requirements.
The government wants to study between other features of the chip distribution chain Production is concentrated abroad. This will examine the impact of the subsidies of foreign governments in the industry and how it affects us.
Pharmaceuticals and semiconductors of own production
After Trump’s claim that Electronics will not be included in its management call “Mutual charges” Up to 50% of some countries, US Business Secretary Howard Ludnik, ‘ABC News’ interview, pharmaceutical products, semiconductors and Cars They will deal with “Specific” fees “for each department.
“They can’t negotiate,” Ludnik said. “They are only part of the guarantee that we are to retrieve the basic national security articles that should be made in this country. We must prepare drugs in this country,” he said. “We need to make sedatives“.
Research Drug import It will focus on the products used to make drugs, and will re -analyze national security issues and other countries. When Trump asked about his plans for imposing more fees on pharmaceutical products, the US president said on Monday: “Yes, we will not do it very distant. We will do it because we will do it because we will do it because we will do it because we will do it because We would like to make our own drugs“He stressed.
Other countries dependent
More than 70% of products, or active pharmaceuticals, are used to manufacture drugs made in other countries in the United States, India, European Union and China are the main suppliers. America produces approximately One -fifth of all pharmaceutical products Made in the world, but uses about 45%more than any other country.
The United States is an excellent semiconductor producer, but only in some areas. It often depends on Taiwan and South Korea imported For some kind of advanced chips. In particular, Taiwan dominates the production of advanced logic chips with 92% of all production capacity with 8% of South Korea, according to international trade management.
Products like Portable computers and smartphones There are the components needed to produce them- they are nearly $ 174,000 (153,000 million euros) US import from China Last year. Administration plans suggest that previous charges for these electronic products (not “mutual”) and, potentially, will be taxed with Specific additional taxes of the fields.
He Expensive process for replacing delivery chains
The main manufacturers of computer chips, such as the Semiconductor Production Carp. Expensive process for replacing delivery chains It would have been for many years.
On the other hand, the business department said it was withdrawn from the 2019 agreement on Monday that it was suspended Antagonism About imports Fresh tomatoes from MexicoBe useful in 90 days. He said the current contract did not protect US manufacturers with “unreasonable prices” from tomato imports. Most of the tomatoes from Mexico are 20.91%fee.