RFB 2018 — Questão 15 · Língua Inglesa - Compreensão e Interpretação de Texto

Questions 14, 15 and 16 refer to the following text.

Breathing might get more expensive if the U.S.-

China trade dispute continues to escalate. Playing

baseball could get costlier, as well.

Oxygen and baseball gloves are two of thethousands

5 of Chinese goods that would be subject to new tariffs

threatened by President Donald Trump as the clash

intensifies.

The wide-ranging list of targeted products amounts

to about $200 billion in goods sold to Americans

10 every year, representing about 40 percent of total

U.S. imports from China. Trump is threatening

10 percent tariffs on this round of goods. His

administration has already imposed 25 percent tariffs

on $50 billion in Chinese imports, prompting blow-

15 for-blow retaliation from the Chinese government.

The proposed tariffs on $200 billion in additional

Chinese goods cover an array of industries. A

selection of everyday items that could be impacted

include seafood (ranging from trout, salmon, and

20 tuna to squid, and clams); agricultural products like

garlic, onions, cauliflower, cabbage, peas, potatoes,

cucumbers, bananas, strawberries, and oranges;

tobacco products, including cigars and cigarettes;

dog food and cat food; and even baseball gloves

25 and batting gloves, not to mention various forms of

leather and parchment paper.

(Source: Nathan Bomey. Tax oxygen? Could happen as Trump threatens wide-ranging tariffs on China. USAToday, retrieved on 13 September 2018 from <https://www.usatoday.com>. Adapted.)

One is correct to conclude from the text that the trade dispute between the U.S. and China: