[harpseal]

Now would you please explain what the actual ratio of duties collected to imports has to do with the actual tariff schedules you lying anti-American. The actual duties collected would imply that the cost prohibitive tariffs which consumer goods are subject to were still resultingin imports. Certainly if we levied a 400% tariff on Chinese imports there would be almost none. Or alternatively if we levied a high tariff on all but raw materials and certain specific items we wished to purchase with zero on those items the average duty would be far lower.

Just one more example of your Marxist lying.

[jas3]

Here's yet another source document disputing your figure of 70% average tariffs, Marxseal:

"On January 2002,China reduced the import tariff rates on 5332 items,which bring the average tariff rate form 15.3% to 12%."

http://www.apec-iap.org/document/PRC_2002_IAP.htm