US extending tariff exemptions

The United States is extending for another six months exemptions from punitive tariffs for some medical products from China, the US Trade Representative announced Friday.

The exclusions from import duties, which were set to expire Tuesday,  "cover 81 medical-care products needed to address the Covid-19 pandemic," USTR said.

The exemptions were first announced in December 2020 and extended once in November.

Products on the list include pump bottles for hand sanitizer, plastic containers for sanitising wipes, fingertip pulse oximeters, blood pressure monitors, MRI machines and X-ray tables.