Just as the weather warmed up in 2018, the US President brought bad news to US China trade. US President Trump officially signed a memorandum of understanding on trade with China at the White House. Trump announced on the spot that tariffs may be imposed on 60 billion worth of goods imported from China.

Chinese official departments and media have responded very positively, even strongly, to this matter, believing that if the United States provokes an unfair trade war against China, the Chinese government will respond immediately.

The electronic manufacturing industry in China is one of the important industries affected by the US intention to impose tariffs. It is rumored that the US imposes taxes on China in various fields, including high performance medical devices, biomedicine, new materials, agricultural machinery and equipment, industrial robots, new generation information technology, new energy vehicles, aviation products, high-speed rail equipment, etc. Electronic Engineering Album, International Ecommerce News, and EDNChina launched a survey on their websites on the same day, sending questionnaires to readers of the three websites, namely the most extensive electronic design, procurement, and manufacturing community in China, for online surveys.

The survey was conducted anonymously, with over 1500 people responding. It is believed that this result accurately reflects the true thoughts of people in the industry.

Nearly half of the respondents believe that the US China trade war is inevitable, and 36 think it is detrimental to both China and the United States.

More than 60% of people believe that Chinas policy of counterattack is correct. Most of them believe that this is not enough.