"It worries me greatly because we do not spy on friends," Lars Løkke Rasmussen said, responding to the report in
The "de minimis" exemption has allowed foreign products costing $800 (£624) or less to enter the US duty-free - but that will no longer apply to Chinese imports.Canada and Mexico, which were targeted in Trump's previous round of tariffs, face no additional levies. The 10% baseline rate does not apply to them.
The White House said it would deal with both countries using a framework set out in Trump's previous executive orders, which imposed tariffs on both countries as part of the administration's efforts to address the entry of fentanyl to the US and border issues.Trump previously set those tariffs at 25% on all goods entering from both countries, before announcingWhile the new round of tariffs applied globally covers most foreign goods entering the US, there are some exemptions.
According to the White House's fact sheet, these include copper, pharmaceuticals, semiconductors, lumber, bullion, energy and "other certain materials that are not available in the United States".Articles subject to a US Code clause, widely interpreted as "informational materials", communications and donations, are also exempted.
The tariff rates also do not apply to steel, aluminium, vehicles and vehicle parts - but that's because they are subject to separate 25% tariffs on specific sectors.
Head to the grocery store in the US and the shelves are stocked with jars of St Dalfour strawberry spread and Bonne Maman raspberry preserves - some of the more than $200 million (£154m) in jams that Europe sends to the US each year.Mallika, her older sister, agrees. "It's also to do with social media and being exposed to different people," she says. "You have new connections... contact with people outside our parents' eyes."
Even Ayesha, the oldest sister who is in a cousin marriage, said she doesn't imagine either of her two children will marry their cousins.At the time she married her cousin, she says, "I didn't know any different. My parents were strong in their culture. As the generations move on, the culture is disappearing a bit."
She was aware of the genetic risks when she had her two children. Neither of them have a genetic illness."We did take that on board," she says, on the topic of genetic health. "But I always feel like if it's going to happen, it's going to happen. If the child is going to be born with a disability then it will happen if you are married to a cousin or not."