Anything manufactured in China and imported to the US should have the same tariff that China imposes on US goods - or even US branded goods made in China.
500%
We need to work out a bit better trade package with the ROK - but 50% sounds very high.
LG and Samsung are South Korean companies, and they make superior products to those made by Whirlpool. Pick a us brand washing machine and you will find that most often it’s really a Whirlpool with another brand name on it. Whirlpool owns a huge chunk of the US washing machine market.
Take a look!
http://www.whirlpoolcorp.com/brands-we-love/
Samsung is already in the process of building a washing machine factory in South Carolina, expected to employ nearly 1,000 American workers. LG is constructing a factory in Clarksville, Tennessee, which would employ 600 workers, and has plans to develop in New Jersey and Michigan.