The US auto industry would be hardest hit by the tariffs. Last year the US imported billion in auto parts from Mexico. About 16 percent of parts in American-made cars are manufactured in Mexico.
The United States has repeatedly imposed so-called sanctions over Hong Kong since social disturbances last year.
The US tariffs this time target Chinese goods from a range of sectors including aerospace, information technology, auto parts and medical instruments.
The US daily case count peaked at 88,521 on Thursday, the highest increase of new cases in a single day since the pandemic began, according to the data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
The United Kingdom also performed well in the index, registering an average drop in carbon intensity of 3.7 percent over the past 10 years, the best of all nations studied. In 2017, UK carbon intensity dropped by 4.7 percent, the fourth-best in the G20 behind China, Mexico and Argentina.
The US-China trade dispute is a factor in Apple's declining revenue in China, CEO Tim Cook stated in a letter to shareholders released on Wednesday.
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The UN Secretary General said the United Nations appreciates China's effort, has full confidence in China's ability of controlling the outbreak, and stands ready to provide any support and assistance.
The US government is reportedly working on a policy to ban members of the Communist Party of China, or CPC, and their families from entering the US, a move that "would represent an enormous escalation in hostility toward China by the Trump administration", according to Texas-based China scholar Jon Taylor.
The US stock market bubble that's built up in past years will be punctured. The upcoming trade war will intensify Wall Street's anxiety and cause the market to dive.The reasons that Wall Street objects to Trump's protectionism policy are not only to preserve free trade, but also to keep their profits. In the US, almost all large multinationals are listed on the stock markets. Nearly 40 percent of profits of the companies on the S&P 500 are from areas outside of the US. These companies' profits will be reduced, or even wiped out, to result in shaking the cornerstone of the stock market once the trade war has started.
The United States will re-evaluate its coronavirus-related restrictions on China as situation in the country improves, US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday, as he ordered a halt on travel to the US from Europe beginning Friday.