Trump declared a state of emergency in the United States: what is happening
US President Donald Trump has declared a national emergency to protect computer networks from “foreign adversaries.”
He signed an executive order that effectively prohibits American companies from using foreign telecommunications deemed to pose a threat to national security, writes "Columnist«.
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According to a White House statement, Trump's order is aimed at "defending America from foreign adversaries who are increasingly creating and exploiting vulnerabilities in information and communications technology infrastructure and services."
Not a single company is listed, but is believed to be aimed at Huawei. The Chinese technology giant has said that restricting its US business will only harm American consumers and companies.
Several countries led by the United States in recent months have expressed concern that Huawei products may be used by China for surveillance.
As reported by ForumDaily:
- In August, 2018, USA introduced new import duties in the amount of 25% for goods from China. The list includes a number of Chinese products with a total value of 16 billion dollars. These duties are the second part of the fees on goods imported from the PRC in the total amount of 50 billion. The first part was introduced on July 6 and concerned goods for 34 billion dollars.
- Trump warned China that, in the case of mirror measures by Beijing, duties could be further extended to goods worth 267 billion. Thus, taking into account the existing measures, duties will be levied on almost the entire volume of Chinese imports to the United States, which exceeds 500 billion dollars a year.
- 20 February 2019 of the Year Trump demanded that China maintain a stable value of the yuan as part of trade negotiations between the two largest economies in the world. In particular, Washington hoped that Beijing would abandon the artificial devaluation of its currency in response to the introduction of US tariffs.
- 11 MAY Trump ordered to introduce customs duties on importing Chinese goods into the United States by about 300 billion more.
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