Pronunciation

can’ t

economic

economy

influence

urged

president

catastrophic

tariffs

proposed

Vocabulary

consume – consumption – consuming – consumer

e.g. I am a consumer who consumes and what I consume is my consumption.

e.g. To help the environment we must lower our consumption.

e.g. To help the environment we must consume less.

nation – country – nationalistic – to love one’s country deeply

Grammar

verbs that end in -ing

a verb ending in -ing cannot be alone – it needs another verb

I go shopping / I went shopping / I am shopping / I love shopping

I shopping, I eating

If there is only one use “the”

the internet

the government

the merchants – special group

the 520 festival = this specific one

There’s no girl like her

There’s not another country in the world that does it like China

There’s no country like China

There’s no place like home

China is the only country that celebrates this many holidays.

Grammar

so Chinese government / so the Chinese government

he was a army / he was in the army

20 years / 20 years ago

because Chinese and American governments are fighting

Huawei don’t fear that – Huawei doesn’t fear that

and Huawei have it / and Huawei has it

to make product – to make products

they are losting to – they are losing to

fight the war to china- fight a war with China

they are good at use Chinese people’s emotion – they are good at using Chinese people’s emotions

when we get into the town – when we arrived in town – when we finally got to town

Nike, Under Armour, among others, urge Trump to remove footwear from tariff list

(Reuters) – U.S. footwear companies, including Nike Inc and Under Armour, on Monday urged U.S. President Donald Trump to remove footwear from the proposed tariffs list on goods imported from China.

“The proposed additional tariff of 25 percent on footwear would be catastrophic for our consumers, our companies, and the American economy as a whole,” a group of 173 companies said in a letter here.

Trump increased tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese imports to 25% from 10% earlier this month, a move that is expected to raise prices on thousands of products including clothing, furniture and electronics

Trump is expected to impose 25% tariffs on another $300 billion worth of Chinese goods when he meets Chinese President Xi Jinping next month.

“As an industry that faces a $3 billion duty bill every year, we can assure you that any increase in the cost of importing shoes has a direct impact on the American footwear consumer,” the companies said.

The letter was also sent to Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and National Economic Council director Larry Kudlow.

The Footwear Distributors & Retailers of America (FDRA) estimates the hike in tariff would add $7 billion in additional costs for customers every year.

The companies noted that the tariffs on footwear average 11.3% and reach rates as high as 67.5%. Adding a 25% tax increase on top of these tariffs would mean Americans could pay a nearly 100% duty on their shoes, the companies said in the letter.

Last week, the world’s largest retailer Walmart Inc warned that its prices would increase due to higher tariffs on goods from China and that the levies were already hurting its furniture business.

Macy’s also said that the tariffs enacted on May 10, does have some impact, particularly on its furniture business.

Original

None of country like China creates a lot of different galas to make people shopping, eating, …etc to consume everything so that on the day, the consuming activities of people can improve the GDP. Such like 520 festival . What’s the 520 festival ? That’s a stupid gala as I think, just because of the pronunciation 520 like “wo ai ni (means I LOVE YOU ) “. Therefore, on 20th May, it’s from a normal day became a festival day and a popular topic on internet. Then, all of merchants publish many promotions on 520. On that day ,if a boyfriend doesn’t buy anything for his girlfriend, it will be a big problem. I don’t understand why people are influenced and brainwashed so easy . I think 520 festival is an affective kidnap for people. I hate it, especially I am a single lady now.

Problem

There is not another country / There is no other country like China that creates so many different holidays to make people go shopping, eating, …etc to consume everything so that on that day, people’s consumption habits can improve the nation’s GDP. Such as the 520 festival . What’s the 520 festival ? That’s a stupid holiday I think, just because of the pronunciation 520 like “wo ai ni (means I LOVE YOU ) “. Therefore, on the 20th of May / May 20th, a normal day became a festival day and a popular topic on the internet. Then, all of the merchants publish many promotions on 520. On that day ,if a boyfriend doesn’t buy anything for his girlfriend, it will be a big problem. I don’t understand why people are influenced and brainwashed so easy. I think the 520 festival is an effective kidnap for people. I hate it, especially since I am a single lady now.