This Time Around, Chinese Consumer Products Would Face Tariffs

Pocketbooks, luggage, sound systems and bicycles are among goods that would face 10% duties under new Trump administration proposal

WASHINGTON—The Trump administration is expanding the battlefield in its trade fight with China, moving beyond industrial goods to threaten tariffs for the first time on a range of consumer products that illustrates how dependent the U.S. consumer economy is on imports.

The $200 billion in products under consideration for a new 10% duty includes bicycles, sound systems, refrigerators, pocketbooks, vacuum cleaners, cosmetics, tools and seafood.

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