The White House denied information about duties of 245% for China

On April 16, the White House press service denied information that US trade duties on goods from China could be increased to 245%.

"This is misleading," the service's page on the social network X (ex. Twitter).

It clarifies that the following trade fees are currently set for China: a mirror tariff of 125%, an additional 20% duty designed to influence China on the issue of fentanyl smuggling into the United States, as well as tariffs on certain categories of goods ranging from 7.5% to 100%.

Earlier in the day, the White House reported that the United States is considering the possibility of imposing duties of up to 245% on imports of goods from China. However, a statement on the website of the US presidential administration has already clarified that this value is actually the sum of all existing tariffs on Chinese products.

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On April 16, the Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China said that the US threats to impose duties of 245% on China indicate the irrational level that the United States has reached in using trade tariffs as a weapon.

On April 2, US President Donald Trump announced the introduction of 10% base duties on products imported from other countries. For the European Union (EU), this figure was raised to 20%, and for China — to 34%. On April 4, Beijing imposed retaliatory duties of 34% against the United States, after which Washington announced an increase in anti-Chinese duties to 104%. Later, the authorities in Beijing decided to raise duties on imported goods from the United States to 84% as a mirror measure.

On April 9, Trump announced the suspension of duties previously imposed on a number of countries for 90 days. He also announced an immediate increase in duties on products from China to 125%. On April 10, this figure reached 145%.