The US government has announced that it will continue to impose tariffs imposed by former President Donald Trump on Chinese goods.

In this context, the Office of the US Trade Representative indicated that it “received numerous requests” to list more than 350 companies requiring retention of customs duties, and US Trade Representative Katherine Tai requested that these measures be maintained, since the possibility of removing them 4 years after their introduction, however, the government The US confirmed that these measures are under consideration.

The trade agency stressed that the Biden administration could make changes and that the final decision would take into account “the impact of such actions on the United States economy, including consumers.” Trump imposed tariffs on about $350 billion worth of annual imports from China in response to what he said was “Beijing’s theft of American intellectual property and forced transfer of technology.”