TOKYO -- The Trump administration has granted nearly 1,000 exemptions to tariffs on Chinese goods, according to a list published by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.
The U.S. has imposed additional duties three times on $250 billion worth of Chinese goods as sanctions for alleged intellectual property theft. The USTR has received exclusion requests for items that meet certain conditions -- the product can only be procured from China, for example -- but had yet to grant any in its previous list on Dec. 20 due to screening delays.
