Trump: Considering imposing a 10% tariff on Chinese goods on February 1

On January 21, local time, US President Trump claimed that the US government was discussing imposing a 10% tariff on goods imported from China from February 1 because fentanyl was being shipped from China to Mexico and Canada.

In November 2024, Trump threatened to impose tariffs on China. He slandered that China had failed to fulfill its promise on fentanyl smuggling and that drugs were pouring into the United States through Mexico at an unprecedented level.

At that time, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded that China is one of the countries with the strictest and most thorough drug control policies in the world. Fentanyl is a problem for the United States. In the spirit of humanitarianism, China has provided support to the United States in dealing with fentanyl-related issues. In 2019, China announced the formal listing of fentanyl-related substances as a whole category, making it the first country in the world to formally list fentanyl-related substances as a whole category. China has carried out extensive and in-depth drug control cooperation with the United States and achieved remarkable results, which is obvious to all.

China is willing to continue its anti-drug cooperation with the United States on the basis of equality, mutual benefit and mutual respect. The United States should cherish China’s goodwill and maintain the hard-won good situation of China-US anti-drug cooperation.