US excludes Chinese face masks, medical gear from tariffs as coronavirus spreads

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WASHINGTON (REUTERS) - The US Trade Representative's office in recent days granted exclusions from import tariffs for dozens of medical products imported from China, including face masks, hand sanitising wipes and examination gloves, filings with the agency showed on Friday (March 6).. Read more at straitstimes.com.

WASHINGTON - The US Trade Representative's office in recent days granted exclusions from import tariffs for dozens of medical products imported from China, including face masks, hand sanitising wipes and examination gloves, filings with the agency showed on Friday .

Requests to exclude other products from President Donald Trump's Section 301 tariffs on Chinese goods have taken months. Medline International Inc has already received exclusions on 30 products ranging from surgical gowns to face masks and medicine cups, most of which the company applied for at the end of January. A number of the exclusions were granted on Thursday, USTR documents showed.

 

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