美國豁免部分中國醫療用品關稅 - 股票

1.原文連結：
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-06/u-s-exempts-face-masks-medi
cal-products-from-china-tariffs

2.原文內容：

大致內容：
川普政府本周批準免除從中國進口的一系列醫療產品的關稅，包括口罩和醫用手套。獲
得豁免的產品包括Medegen medical products，LLC.的醫用口罩、Cardinal Health Exa
ming手套和Medline Industries Inc.的患者清潔濕巾。


The Trump administration this week?granted?exemptions from tariffs for a ran
ge of medical products imported from China, including face masks and medical
gloves.

Among the products that won an exemption are medical masks by Medegen Medica
l Products, LLC., Cardinal Health exam gloves, and Medline Industries Inc.’
s patient cleansing wipes.

In its request to exclude masks from the 7.5% duty, Medegen said the global
production of the product is significantly limited to China, and changing to
U.S. or third-country manufacturers “is not practical or competitive.”

“Additional duties on such products would cause major financial harm and in
crease costs to healthcare providers and their customers in the United State
s,” the company wrote.

President Donald Trump in September imposed a 15% tariff on roughly $112 bil
lion in Chinese goods but cut that duty by half as part of his phase one tra
de deal with Beijing, which took effect Feb. 14.

The move to exclude certain Chinese imports from duties comes as the U.S. is
reporting a growing number of coronavirus cases and the virus is dragging o
n the global economy. It also comes at the same time as some White House off
icials are pushing to stockpile American supplies and shift supply chains ou
t of China.

Peter Navarro, one of Trump’s trade advisers, met Wednesday with a group of
pharmaceutical companies to discuss supply chain vulnerabilities and ways t
o ensure that critical parts of the pharmaceutical supply chains could move
away from China -- or better, back to the U.S., people familiar with the mee
ting said.

3.心得/評論：
看來美國國內疫情也扛不住、開始豁免一部分原本應加征的關稅了。

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