據(jù)報道，由于美國對進(jìn)口中國商品加征關(guān)稅后，中方并未按預(yù)期滿足美方貿(mào)易需求，特朗普政府正考慮加大關(guān)稅力度，甚至?xí)^此前提議的水平。

白宮幾周前表示，將向新一批總值2000億美元的中國進(jìn)口商品征收10%的關(guān)稅，而新近報道稱，美國總統(tǒng)唐納德·特朗普的顧問敦促將稅率提升至25%。在此之前，美國對340億美元的中國進(jìn)口商品征收25%關(guān)稅已經(jīng)生效，還將對另外160億美元的商品征收25%關(guān)稅。

“只要繼續(xù)用關(guān)稅對付中國，就必須用25%，而不是10%?！泵绹偨y(tǒng)智囊美國企業(yè)研究所學(xué)者、中國經(jīng)濟(jì)問題專家史劍道向《華爾街日報》表示。

路透社報道稱，特朗普政府于上周三宣布貿(mào)易戰(zhàn)升級。

中國提出，為了化解貿(mào)易爭端愿意增加購買美國商品，但白宮已拒絕，目的是在更廣泛的知識產(chǎn)權(quán)和政府補(bǔ)貼議題方面爭取更多利益。迄今為止，中美高層對話已停滯數(shù)月。

那么，中方怎么看美國要將關(guān)稅升級的消息？顯然不高興。

據(jù)首先爆出特朗普政府可能改征更高關(guān)稅消息的彭博社報道，中國外交部發(fā)言人稱：“如果美方采取升級的舉動，中方必然會予以反制，堅決維護(hù)我們的正當(dāng)合法權(quán)益?！?

中國已經(jīng)就美國向中國輸美商品征收10%的關(guān)稅向世界貿(mào)易組織提出申訴。

貿(mào)易爭端對人民幣匯率造成巨大壓力。新華社上周三報道稱，日前中共中央政治局會議釋放了堅持穩(wěn)中求進(jìn)，保持經(jīng)濟(jì)平穩(wěn)健康發(fā)展的強(qiáng)烈信號。盡管如此，當(dāng)天A股和人民幣仍進(jìn)一步走低。（財富中文網(wǎng)）

譯者：charlie

審校：夏林

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Concerned that the U.S.’s tariffs on Chinese imports still haven’t had the desired effect of getting the Chinese to cave in to American trade demands, the Trump administration is reportedly considering amping up the pressure even more than was previously proposed.

Weeks after the White House said it wanted to slap 10% tariffs on an additional $200 billion worth of Chinese imports, President Donald Trump’s advisors are reportedly urging him to make it 25% instead. All this is on top of a 25% tariff on $34 billion in goods that’s already gone into effect, and similar tariffs that are about to go into effect on another $16 billion in Chinese goods.

“Once you go down the road of using tariffs to disrupt the Chinese, you have to say 25% compared to 10%,” Derek Scissors of the American Enterprise Institute, which advises the president, told the Wall Street Journal.

Reuters said the escalation was announced on last Wednesday.

The Chinese have already proposed buying more U.S. goods in order to settle the dispute, only to have the White House—which wants to win a broader argument about intellectual property and subsidies—reject the proposal. The two sides have not held high-level talks for a couple months now.

So what does the Chinese side think of the U.S.’s proposed escalation? Not a lot.

“If the U.S. takes measures to further escalate the situation, we will surely take countermeasures to uphold our legitimate rights and interests,” a Chinese foreign affairs ministry spokesman said Wednesday, according to Bloomberg, which first reported the proposed escalation.

China has already complained to the World Trade Organization about the 10% tariff plan.

The trade dispute is weighing heavily on the yuan, which fell further on last Wednesday along with Chinese equities, despite the Chinese administration announcing a push to support economic growth.