(6 Feb 2025)
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Beijing – 6 February 2025
1. Chinese Commerce Ministry Spokesperson He Yongqian arriving at news conference
2. Mid of reporters
3. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) He Yongqian, Spokesperson, China’s Ministry of Commerce:
“The items listed this time have certain dual-use attributes and their downstream products have a high risk of military use. This reflects China’s consistent position of maintaining world peace and regional stability. Enterprises from all countries should strictly abide by China’s laws and regulations on export control and the relevant announcements. The Chinese government will also approve export applications that meet the regulations.”
4. Close of reporters
5. Mid of He Yongqian speaking
6. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) He Yongqian, Spokesperson, China’s Ministry of Commerce:
“China has always been prudent in handling export controls and unreliable entity list issues. The Chinese government is willing, as always, to strengthen exchanges and cooperation with countries around the world to jointly maintain the security and stability of the global industrial chain and supply chain. We welcome companies from all over the world to invest and start businesses in China, and are committed to providing a stable, fair and predictable business environment for foreign-funded enterprises that abide by laws and regulations to operate in China.“
7. Mid of reporters
8. Close of reporter
9. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) He Yongqian, Spokesperson, China’s Ministry of Commerce:
“The United States recently imposed a 10% tariff on Chinese products exported to the United States and adjusted the tax-free policy on small value parcels. This will undoubtedly increase the consumption costs of American consumers and undermine the shopping experience.”
10. Wide of reporter asking question
11. Close of reporters
12. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) He Yongqian, Spokesperson, China’s Ministry of Commerce:
“We hope that the US side can adapt to the development trend of international trade, optimize its supervision measures so as to create a fair and predictable policy environment for the development of cross-border e-commerce, and provide local consumers with a more convenient, better-quality and more cost-effective consumption environment.”
13. Close of reporters
14. Wide of news conference
STORYLINE:
Beijing is committed to creating a “stable, fair and predictable” environment for foreign businesses, China’s Ministry of Commerce said Thursday.
China announced a tranche of export controls, retaliatory tariffs on some American imports, and placed two American companies on an unreliable entities list on Wednesday, after a sweeping levy on Chinese products imposed by US President Donald Trump took effect.
Beijing said it would implement a 15% tariff on coal and liquefied natural gas products as well as a 10% tariff on crude oil, agricultural machinery and large-engine cars imported from the US.
It also put tungsten, tellurium, bismuth, molybdenum and indium and related products under export control.
Many of the items are designated as critical minerals by the US Geological Survey, meaning they are essential to US economic or national security and have supply chains vulnerable to disruption.
“The items listed this time have certain dual-use attributes, and their downstream products have a high risk of military use,” said He Yongqian, China’s ministry of commerce spokesperson.
She said the Chinese government will still approve the applications of exports that meet the regulations.
The shipments were previously tax-free if their value was under $800.
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