US and China both omit key products from tariff threats

By Dee-Ann Durbin AP Business Writer
Monday, April 9, 2018 11:05 AM
FILE- In this Sept. 29, 2014, file photo, the first Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental airplane to be delivered to Air China is moved into position from Boeing's assembly facility to Paine Field in Everett, Wash. In their escalating conflict over trade, what the U.S. and China are leaving off their tariff lists tells as much as what’s on the lists. China put smaller planes on its list, but excluded the 747 and other big planes made in the U.S. by Boeing Co. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
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FILE- In this Sept. 29, 2014, file photo, a worker walks next to first Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental airplane to be delivered to Air China in Everett, Wash., before a delivery ceremony. In their escalating conflict over trade, what the U.S. and China are leaving off their tariff lists tells as much as what’s on the lists. China put smaller planes on its list, but excluded the 747 and other big planes made in the U.S. by Boeing Co. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
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FILE- In this Dec. 6, 2012, file photo, the back of an iPhone 4 and iPad 3 are displayed for a photographer in New York. Americans spent nearly $96 billion last year on cell phones and computers imported from China, far more than they spent on any other items. But you won’t find cell phones or computers on the list of Chinese-made products the Trump administration is threatening with tariffs. (AP Photo/Karly Domb Sadof, File)
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US and China both omit key products from tariff threats

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FILE- In this Sept. 29, 2014, file photo, the first Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental airplane to be delivered to Air China is moved into position from Boeing's assembly facility to Paine Field in Everett, Wash. In their escalating conflict over trade, what the U.S. and China are leaving off their tariff lists tells as much as what’s on the lists. China put smaller planes on its list, but excluded the 747 and other big planes made in the U.S. by Boeing Co. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
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FILE- In this Sept. 29, 2014, file photo, a worker walks next to first Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental airplane to be delivered to Air China in Everett, Wash., before a delivery ceremony. In their escalating conflict over trade, what the U.S. and China are leaving off their tariff lists tells as much as what’s on the lists. China put smaller planes on its list, but excluded the 747 and other big planes made in the U.S. by Boeing Co. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
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FILE- In this Dec. 6, 2012, file photo, the back of an iPhone 4 and iPad 3 are displayed for a photographer in New York. Americans spent nearly $96 billion last year on cell phones and computers imported from China, far more than they spent on any other items. But you won’t find cell phones or computers on the list of Chinese-made products the Trump administration is threatening with tariffs. (AP Photo/Karly Domb Sadof, File)
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