The White House announced on Monday that China would face increased tariffs, stating Liquid fantanil crisis In the US as the main reason for the decision.
In the post on X, the rapid response account 47 shared the text of the executive order (EO) signed by the President Donald Trump on Monday. The Chinese government will now face 20% of tariffs “because of their failure in resolving the fental that is poured into our country,” Eo said.
Tariffs against China, which were initially only 10%, will enter into force on Tuesday. In the order on Monday, Trump said that the Chinese government failed to “conjure the permanent appendix of synthetic opioids, including Fentanil, which flows [their country]”And that such a failure represents” an unusual and extraordinary threat. “
Trump also said the crisis threatens “national security, foreign policy and economy of the United States.”
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President Donald Trump will impose 20% of tariffs in Chinese imports, citing a liquid fental crisis as a reason for the decision. (Evan Vucci/AP Photo | East)
“I found that [People’s Republic of China] He did not take appropriate steps to mitigate the illegal drug crisis through the activities of the implementation of cooperation and that the crisis described in the Executive order in 14195 did not stop, “the command said.
“In recognition of the fact that PrC did not take appropriate steps to relieve the illegal crisis of drugs, Section 2 (a) executive order 14195 was changed by squeezing the word ’10 percent ‘and inserting the word ’20 percent’.”
Trump’s administration is already imposing 25% of tariffs on Canadian and Mexican goods, which were announced last month and will also take effect on Tuesday. On Monday, Peter Navarro, an older trade and production advisor, defended the CNBC tariffs and claimed that the problem “began in communist china with chemicals of precursor”.
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President Donald Trump signs an executive order at an oval office at the White House in Washington, DC on Tuesday, February 25, 2025. (Swimming pool)
“Comes to Mexico, and they make Fentanil. But they also have these pills press. That’s how counterfeits do, “Navarro explained.” And use Canada as a transit center and a secondary production point. So this is a matter of Canada-Mexico-China. “
The Chinese government has opposed the tariffs since they were announced. In a statement on February 1, the Chinese Foreign Ministry claimed that China “is one of the most difficult countries in the world at Counternarnnarcotics in terms of politics and its implementation.”
President Donald Trump on the southern lawn of the White House before boarding Marine One in Washington, DC, USA, on Friday, February 28, 2025. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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“Additional tariffs are not constructive and longer influenced and harm to cooperate the counter -carnotics between the two sides in the future,” the statement said. “China urges the US to correct their injustice, maintain a hard-winning positive dynamics in collaboration at ColternarCotics and promoting a stable, healthy and sustainable development of China-US relationships.”
Anders Hagstrom Fox News Digital contributed to this report.
