Furniture is displayed at a Cost Plus World Market store on August 12, 2025 in Greenbrae, California. Photo: VCG

 

Responding to a foreign media inquiry for comment regarding the US President Donald Trump's announcement on Monday that new tariffs would be imposed on imports of timber, kitchen cabinets, bathroom vanities, and upholstered furniture, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said at a regular press conference on Tuesday that there are no winners in tariff or trade wars, and protectionism leads nowhere.

The US president on Monday announced plans to impose additional high tariffs on furniture imports, which a Chinese expert warned could further disrupt global supply chains while exposing US companies and consumers to higher costs.

"In order to make North Carolina, which has completely lost its furniture business to China, and other Countries, GREAT again, I will be imposing substantial Tariffs on any Country that does not make its furniture in the United States," Trump claimed in a social media post on Monday.

According to a proclamation signed Monday, imports of certain upholstered wooden products will be subject to a 25 percent ad valorem duty rate. Also, imports of kitchen cabinets and vanities will be subject to a 25 percent ad valorem duty rate.

The proclamation threatens to further increase the duty rates of the corresponding products unless reaching an agreement with the US side.