China's appliance makers fret at Trump's metal tariff adjustments

Chinese manufacturers exporting steel-intensive products to the United States such as washing machines are among the steel users pondering the ramifications of US president Donald Trump’s recent revisions to import tariffs on steel and metals, and what they’re seeing is making them anxious.

The White House proclamation on April 2 announced that in a move aimed at reinforcing domestic production bases for strategic metals in response to national security threats, Trump had signed an executive order strengthening import tariffs under Section 232 on steel, aluminum, and copper. The measure which took effect on Monday