USTR Shields Some Devices From China Tariffs

The U.S. Trade Representative announced that some medical device products will be exempt from the administration’s 25 percent Chinese trade tariffs.

The tariffs were applied a year ago to $34 billion worth of Chinese products including certain devices such as imaging systems and their components.

Devices that are now exempt from the tariffs include dental X-ray alignment and positioning apparatuses, multi-leaf collimators of radiotherapy systems, veterinary ultrasound devices and certain components of electrosurgical instruments.