China also reveals when the US agricultural products starts to be valid

China starts, from this Monday, 10, the application of additional tariffs on a series of agricultural products imported from the United States.

The measure is a direct response to tariffs previously adopted by the US government on Chinese products.

The announcement was made by Chinese commercial authorities and is inserted in the context of the escalation in tariff disputes between the two largest economies in the world. According to official information, the new tariff policy includes two increase ranges.

An additional 15% tariff starts to focus on chicken meat, wheat, corn and cotton. For sorghum, soy, pork, beef, water products, fruits, vegetables and dairy products, the increase will be 10%.

The measures were released by China’s commercial authorities as part of a set of actions in response to decisions made by Washington.

The new rates reflect the deepening of commercial tensions between the two countries, which began with the adoption of unilateral tariff measures by the US government. In February, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order determining the imposition of a 10% rate on several products imported from China.

In early March, the US government decided to review the percentage and expanded the rate to 20%. According to the White House, the justification presented for the increase was the alleged omission of the Chinese government in combating the sending of fentanyl synthetic narcotic to the United States.

The claim was included as an additional argument to the tariff policy adopted by the US Administration.

The Chinese government’s reaction occurs amid the intensification of the so -called trade war, which has already caused significant changes in global trade flows.

Beijing authorities stated that the new round of tariffs is retaliatory and aims to respond in proportion to the measures imposed by Washington.

With the expansion of tariffs, the impact on bilateral trade tends to intensify. US agricultural products must face additional difficulties in competitiveness in the Chinese market, the main destination of a significant part of US exports in this sector.

The effects of the tariff dispute between China and the United States also reverberate about third countries. With the imposition of commercial barriers between the two markets, the possibility of redirecting of trade flows opens, changing the participation of international exporters in strategic supply chains.

In the case of Brazil, the tariff dispute can generate business opportunities. With the reduction of the entry of US agricultural products in the Chinese market, the possibility of increased demand for products of Brazilian origin increases.

This change may favor sectors such as soy, meat and fruits, which already have consolidated export history to China.

Representatives of Brazilian agribusiness follow the developments of the commercial dispute and carefully observe the impacts on the dynamics of supply and demand in the main international markets.

However, there are still no official estimates by the Brazilian government about the eventual growth of exports to China due to the new measure.

International trade analysts indicate that the tendency is to re -regular in global flows, with possible expansion of the participation of countries that are not directly involved in the dispute.

The extension and length of trade war between the two countries remain a determining factors to evaluate the structural effects on world agricultural trade.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture have not yet officially expressed themselves on the potential impact of Beijing’s announced measure.

The technical bodies are expected to follow the developments in the coming days and evaluate the reflexes on the national productive sectors.

Commercial tensions between China and the United States follow with no prospect of solution in the short term. Although punctual negotiations have already been conducted at other times, the adoption of unilateral measures and the absence of formal agreements make it difficult to build a definitive solution.

The World Trade Organization (WTO) accompanies the consequences of the tariff dispute, but so far there has been no significant advance in the sense of formal mediation between the parties.

China’s entry into force of tariffs represents a new chapter in the process of commercial escalation between the two countries. The impact on global supply chains and reflexes for exporting countries are still monitored by international agencies and the private sector.

With information from Sputnik