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U.S.-made trade barrier affects its own enterprises: industry association leaders

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FILE: USA - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Best Buy store

FILE: Washington, D.C., USA - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
2. Various of shoppers at supermarket

Washington, D.C., USA - March 23, 2018 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Stephen Sothmann, President, U.S. Hide, Skin and Leather Association (partially overlaid with shot 4):
"Unilateral tariffs as opposed to the multilateral approach are inviting retaliation from China, and unfortunately we fear our industry is right in the middle of the target for that retaliation. Just to give you kind of an idea, we export 95 percent of what we produce in the U.S. of these hides and skins, 50 percent of that goes to China. It's a one billion [U.S.]-dollar a year market for us. So it's not just an important market, it's an essential market for us. So if we are collateral damage in any of these trade escalation issues with these tariffs, it's going to be a significant problem for our industry."
++SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE++
4. CGTN reporter Wang Guan
++SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE++

FILE: Beijing, China – July 28, 2017 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
5. Various of people buying pork, beef in supermarket

Washington, D.C., USA - March 23, 2018 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
6. SOUNDBITE (English) William Westman, Senior Vice President, North American Meat Institute (partially overlaid with shot 7):
"We are concerned that the tariffs, particularly on the companies that we represent in pork products and the pork producers, what impact that will have on our companies, on employment and in our plants, about how we produce pigs here and sell meat, so it is a concern. Frankly on agriculture and for meat and poultry products, we need open markets in order to facilitate our businesses."

FILE: Beijing, China – July 28, 2017 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
++SHOTS OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE++
7. Various of people buying pork, beef in supermarket
++SHOTS OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE++

FILE: China - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
8. Various of port, container vessel

Washington, D.C., USA - March 23, 2018 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Stephen Sothmann, President, U.S. Hide, Skin and Leather Association:
"It's a complex relationship, complex trading relationship between China and the U.S., so we expect them to and we would hope that they would go back to the negotiating table, to sit down and identify exactly what they expect China to do, and try to find resolution through diplomatic processes as opposed to some of these unilateral tariff mechanisms."

FILE: Beijing, China – July 28, 2017 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
10. Posters of U.S.beef
11. People buying pork, beef
12. Various of U.S. beef for sale

Washington, D.C., USA - March 23, 2018 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
13. SOUNDBITE (English) William Westman, Senior Vice President, North American Meat Institute (starting with shot 12/ending with shot 14):
"We have a very good relationship with our counterpart -- the China Meat Association, and we work through something called the U.S.-China agriculture and food partnership, which we've done for many years. And it's built a very constructive relationship. And our concern is working together cooperatively to focus on food safety, food security and sustainability by sharing best practices, by working together. This is how we think we can best solve problems."

FILE: China - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
14. Various of port scene

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Trade barriers erected by the United States are to affect its own enterprises and employment, heads of some U.S. industry associations said Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump signed a memorandum that could impose tariffs on up to 60 billion U.S. dollars of imports from China.

The enterprises potentially affected include the leather and meat industries, both of which are billion dollar industries.

Stephen Sothmann, president of the Hide, Skin and Leather Association, said that unilateral tariffs as opposed to the multilateral approach are inviting retaliation from China, and unfortunately they fear their industry is right in the middle of the target for that retaliation.

"Just to give you kind of an idea, we export 95 percent of what we produce in the U.S. of these hides and skins, 50 percent of that goes to China. It's a one billion [U.S.]-dollar a year market for us. So it's not just an important market, it's an essential market for us. So if we are collateral damage in any of these trade escalation issues with these tariffs, it's going to be a significant problem for our industry," added Stephen Sothmann.

"We are concerned that the tariffs, particularly on the companies that we represent in pork products and the pork producers, what impact that will have on our companies, on employment and in our plants, about how we produce pigs here and sell meat, so it is a concern. Frankly on agriculture and for meat and poultry products, we need open markets in order to facilitate our businesses," said William Westman, senior vice president of North American Meat Institute, the largest meat association in the United States.

They say only the choice of solving the divergences is through negotiation to achieve mutually-beneficial and win-win results that benefit both the United States and China.

"It's a complex relationship, complex trading relationship between China and the U.S., so we expect them to and we would hope that they would go back to the negotiating table, to sit down and identify exactly what they expect China to do, and try to find resolution through diplomatic processes as opposed to some of these unilateral tariff mechanisms," said Sothmann.

"We have a very good relationship with our counterpart -- the China Meat Association, and we work through something called the U.S.-China agriculture and food partnership, which we've done for many years. And it's built a very constructive relationship. And our concern is working together cooperatively to focus on food safety, food security and sustainability by sharing best practices, by working together. This is how we think we can best solve problems," said Westman.

Despite worldwide objection, the U.S. government decided to impose a 25-percent tariff on steel imports and 10 percent on aluminum, with tariffs on imports from EU member states, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico and the Republic of Korea being suspended until May 1, 2018.

China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) on Friday urged the United States to "pause on the brink of a precipice" and make prudent decisions so as not to put bilateral trade relations in jeopardy.

China will not sit idly by and watch its legitimate rights and interests be damaged under any circumstance, the spokesperson said, adding "We are fully prepared to firmly defend our interests".

The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Friday reaffirmed its position on the U.S. trade moves, saying that China will fight to the end in any trade war.

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USA-China/Trade Effect

U.S.-made trade barrier affects its own enterprises: industry association leaders

Dateline : March 23, 2018/File

Location : Washington D.C.,United States

Duration : 2'44

  • English
  • Français
  • العربية
  • Pусский
  • Español


FILE: USA - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Best Buy store

FILE: Washington, D.C., USA - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
2. Various of shoppers at supermarket

Washington, D.C., USA - March 23, 2018 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Stephen Sothmann, President, U.S. Hide, Skin and Leather Association (partially overlaid with shot 4):
"Unilateral tariffs as opposed to the multilateral approach are inviting retaliation from China, and unfortunately we fear our industry is right in the middle of the target for that retaliation. Just to give you kind of an idea, we export 95 percent of what we produce in the U.S. of these hides and skins, 50 percent of that goes to China. It's a one billion [U.S.]-dollar a year market for us. So it's not just an important market, it's an essential market for us. So if we are collateral damage in any of these trade escalation issues with these tariffs, it's going to be a significant problem for our industry."
++SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE++
4. CGTN reporter Wang Guan
++SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE++

FILE: Beijing, China – July 28, 2017 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
5. Various of people buying pork, beef in supermarket

Washington, D.C., USA - March 23, 2018 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
6. SOUNDBITE (English) William Westman, Senior Vice President, North American Meat Institute (partially overlaid with shot 7):
"We are concerned that the tariffs, particularly on the companies that we represent in pork products and the pork producers, what impact that will have on our companies, on employment and in our plants, about how we produce pigs here and sell meat, so it is a concern. Frankly on agriculture and for meat and poultry products, we need open markets in order to facilitate our businesses."

FILE: Beijing, China – July 28, 2017 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
++SHOTS OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE++
7. Various of people buying pork, beef in supermarket
++SHOTS OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE++

FILE: China - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
8. Various of port, container vessel

Washington, D.C., USA - March 23, 2018 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Stephen Sothmann, President, U.S. Hide, Skin and Leather Association:
"It's a complex relationship, complex trading relationship between China and the U.S., so we expect them to and we would hope that they would go back to the negotiating table, to sit down and identify exactly what they expect China to do, and try to find resolution through diplomatic processes as opposed to some of these unilateral tariff mechanisms."

FILE: Beijing, China – July 28, 2017 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
10. Posters of U.S.beef
11. People buying pork, beef
12. Various of U.S. beef for sale

Washington, D.C., USA - March 23, 2018 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
13. SOUNDBITE (English) William Westman, Senior Vice President, North American Meat Institute (starting with shot 12/ending with shot 14):
"We have a very good relationship with our counterpart -- the China Meat Association, and we work through something called the U.S.-China agriculture and food partnership, which we've done for many years. And it's built a very constructive relationship. And our concern is working together cooperatively to focus on food safety, food security and sustainability by sharing best practices, by working together. This is how we think we can best solve problems."

FILE: China - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
14. Various of port scene


Trade barriers erected by the United States are to affect its own enterprises and employment, heads of some U.S. industry associations said Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump signed a memorandum that could impose tariffs on up to 60 billion U.S. dollars of imports from China.

The enterprises potentially affected include the leather and meat industries, both of which are billion dollar industries.

Stephen Sothmann, president of the Hide, Skin and Leather Association, said that unilateral tariffs as opposed to the multilateral approach are inviting retaliation from China, and unfortunately they fear their industry is right in the middle of the target for that retaliation.

"Just to give you kind of an idea, we export 95 percent of what we produce in the U.S. of these hides and skins, 50 percent of that goes to China. It's a one billion [U.S.]-dollar a year market for us. So it's not just an important market, it's an essential market for us. So if we are collateral damage in any of these trade escalation issues with these tariffs, it's going to be a significant problem for our industry," added Stephen Sothmann.

"We are concerned that the tariffs, particularly on the companies that we represent in pork products and the pork producers, what impact that will have on our companies, on employment and in our plants, about how we produce pigs here and sell meat, so it is a concern. Frankly on agriculture and for meat and poultry products, we need open markets in order to facilitate our businesses," said William Westman, senior vice president of North American Meat Institute, the largest meat association in the United States.

They say only the choice of solving the divergences is through negotiation to achieve mutually-beneficial and win-win results that benefit both the United States and China.

"It's a complex relationship, complex trading relationship between China and the U.S., so we expect them to and we would hope that they would go back to the negotiating table, to sit down and identify exactly what they expect China to do, and try to find resolution through diplomatic processes as opposed to some of these unilateral tariff mechanisms," said Sothmann.

"We have a very good relationship with our counterpart -- the China Meat Association, and we work through something called the U.S.-China agriculture and food partnership, which we've done for many years. And it's built a very constructive relationship. And our concern is working together cooperatively to focus on food safety, food security and sustainability by sharing best practices, by working together. This is how we think we can best solve problems," said Westman.

Despite worldwide objection, the U.S. government decided to impose a 25-percent tariff on steel imports and 10 percent on aluminum, with tariffs on imports from EU member states, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico and the Republic of Korea being suspended until May 1, 2018.

China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) on Friday urged the United States to "pause on the brink of a precipice" and make prudent decisions so as not to put bilateral trade relations in jeopardy.

China will not sit idly by and watch its legitimate rights and interests be damaged under any circumstance, the spokesperson said, adding "We are fully prepared to firmly defend our interests".

The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Friday reaffirmed its position on the U.S. trade moves, saying that China will fight to the end in any trade war.

ID : 8076695

Published : 2018-03-24 09:26

Last Modified : 2019-03-15 23:53:00

Source : China Central Television (CCTV),China Global Television Network (CGTN)

Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland

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