中國沒被貿易戰嚇倒，接下來特朗普可能讓戰斗升級

據報道，由于美國對進口中國商品加征關稅后，中方并未按預期滿足美方貿易需求，特朗普政府正考慮加大關稅力度，甚至會超過此前提議的水平。

白宮幾周前表示，將向新一批總值2000億美元的中國進口商品征收10%的關稅，而新近報道稱，美國總統唐納德·特朗普的顧問敦促將稅率提升至25%。在此之前，美國對340億美元的中國進口商品征收25%關稅已經生效，還將對另外160億美元的商品征收25%關稅。

“只要繼續用關稅對付中國，就必須用25%，而不是10%。”美國總統智囊美國企業研究所學者、中國經濟問題專家史劍道向《華爾街日報》表示。

路透社報道稱，特朗普政府于上周三宣布貿易戰升級。

中國提出，為了化解貿易爭端愿意增加購買美國商品，但白宮已拒絕，目的是在更廣泛的知識產權和政府補貼議題方面爭取更多利益。迄今為止，中美高層對話已停滯數月。

那么，中方怎么看美國要將關稅升級的消息？顯然不高興。

據首先爆出特朗普政府可能改征更高關稅消息的彭博社報道，中國外交部發言人稱：“如果美方采取升級的舉動，中方必然會予以反制，堅決維護我們的正當合法權益。”

中國已經就美國向中國輸美商品征收10%的關稅向世界貿易組織提出申訴。

貿易爭端對人民幣匯率造成巨大壓力。新華社上周三報道稱，日前中共中央政治局會議釋放了堅持穩中求進，保持經濟平穩健康發展的強烈信號。盡管如此，當天A股和人民幣仍進一步走低。（財富中文網）

譯者：charlie

審校：夏林

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Concerned that the U.S.’s tariffs on Chinese imports still haven’t had the desired effect of getting the Chinese to cave in to American trade demands, the Trump administration is reportedly considering amping up the pressure even more than was previously proposed.

Weeks after the White House said it wanted to slap 10% tariffs on an additional $200 billion worth of Chinese imports, President Donald Trump’s advisors are reportedly urging him to make it 25% instead. All this is on top of a 25% tariff on $34 billion in goods that’s already gone into effect, and similar tariffs that are about to go into effect on another $16 billion in Chinese goods.

“Once you go down the road of using tariffs to disrupt the Chinese, you have to say 25% compared to 10%,” Derek Scissors of the American Enterprise Institute, which advises the president, told the Wall Street Journal.

Reuters said the escalation was announced on last Wednesday.

The Chinese have already proposed buying more U.S. goods in order to settle the dispute, only to have the White House—which wants to win a broader argument about intellectual property and subsidies—reject the proposal. The two sides have not held high-level talks for a couple months now.

So what does the Chinese side think of the U.S.’s proposed escalation? Not a lot.

“If the U.S. takes measures to further escalate the situation, we will surely take countermeasures to uphold our legitimate rights and interests,” a Chinese foreign affairs ministry spokesman said Wednesday, according to Bloomberg, which first reported the proposed escalation.

China has already complained to the World Trade Organization about the 10% tariff plan.

The trade dispute is weighing heavily on the yuan, which fell further on last Wednesday along with Chinese equities, despite the Chinese administration announcing a push to support economic growth.