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China says US tariff exemptions ‘small step in correcting wrong practice’

The Trump administration granted exclusions from steep tariffs on electronics, imported largely from China [File: Peter Parks/AFP]

China has welcomed the announcement by the United States of a series of exemptions from import levies on consumer electronics, which it said was a “small step” in correcting President Donald Trump’s “wrong practice” of imposing 145 percent tariffs on Chinese goods.

“China is now evaluating the impact,” a Ministry of Commerce spokesperson said in a statement on Sunday, after Washington said smartphones, computers and other electronics would be excluded.

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