Ebee ka China-US Chemical Azụmahịa Ga-aga Amid Tariff Escalation?

N'April 2, 2025, Donald Trump bịanyere aka n'akwụkwọ iwu abụọ "tarifu nkwụghachi ụgwọ" na White House, na-amanye 10% "tarifu baseline kacha nta" n'elu ndị mmekọ azụmahịa 40 nke US na-enwe mperi ahia. China chere ihu tarifu 34%, nke jikọtara ya na ọnụego 20% dị ugbu a, ga-agbakọta 54%. N'April 7, US welitere esemokwu, na-atụ egwu mgbakwunye 50% tarifu na ngwa ahịa China malite na Eprel 9. Gụnyere hikes atọ gara aga, mbupụ ndị China na US nwere ike ihu tarifu dị ka 104%. Na nzaghachi, China ga-amanye tarifu 34% na mbubata sitere na US Kedu ka nke a ga-esi metụta ụlọ ọrụ kemịkalụ ụlọ?

Dabere na data 2024 na mbubata kemịkalụ 20 kacha elu nke China sitere na US, ngwaahịa ndị a gbadoro ụkwụ na propane, polyethylene, ethylene glycol, gas sitere n'okike, mmanụ crude, coal, na ihe na-akpali akpali—karịsịa akụrụngwa, ngwa ahịa ndị a na-ahazi, na ihe na-akpali akpali ejiri na mmepụta kemịkal. N'ime ha, saturated acyclic hydrocarbons na liquefied propane bụ 98.7% na 59.3% nke mbubata US, na oke ruru 553,000 ton na 1.73 nde tọn, n'otu n'otu. Ọnụ ahịa mbubata nke propane liquefied naanị ruru ijeri $11.11. Ọ bụ ezie na mmanụ crude, gas na-esi ísì ụtọ, na coking coal nwekwara ụkpụrụ mbubata dị elu, òkè ha niile dị n'okpuru 10%, na-eme ka ha dochie anya karịa ngwaahịa kemịkal ndị ọzọ. Tarifụ nkwụghachi azụ nwere ike ịbawanye ọnụ ahịa mbubata ma belata oke maka ngwa ahịa dị ka propane, nwere ike ibuli ọnụ ahịa mmepụta yana imechi ọkọnọ maka ihe mgbada mgbada. Agbanyeghị, a na-atụ anya na ọ ga-enwe oke mmetụta ọ na-enwe na mmanụ cru, gas, na mbubata coal.

N'akụkụ mbupụ, kemịkalụ 20 kacha elu nke China na-ebupụ na US na 2024 bụ plastik na ngwaahịa ndị metụtara ya, mmanụ ịnweta mmanụ, mmanụ ịnweta na ngwaahịa distillation, kemịkalụ organic, kemịkalụ dị iche iche na ngwaahịa rọba. Plastics naanị bụ 12 n'ime ihe 20 kachasị elu, na mbupụ ruru $ 17.69 ijeri. Ọtụtụ mbupụ kemịkalụ na United States na-erughị 30% nke mkpokọta China, yana polyvinyl chloride (PVC) mkpuchi bụ nke kachasị elu na 46.2%. Mgbanwe nke tarifu nwere ike imetụta plastik, mmanụ ala na ngwaahịa rọba, ebe China nwere oke mbupụ dị elu. Agbanyeghị, ọrụ ụlọ ọrụ China zuru ụwa ọnụ nwere ike inye aka belata ụfọdụ ihe egwu tarifu.

N'ịmegide ndabere nke tarifụ na-arị elu, mgbanwe amụma nwere ike ịkpaghasị ọchịchọ na ọnụahịa maka ụfọdụ kemịkalụ. N'ahịa mbupụ na US, ụdị oke dị ka ngwaahịa rọba na taya nwere ike ihu nnukwu nrụgide. Maka mbubata sitere na US, nnukwu akụrụngwa dị ka propane na acyclic hydrocarbons juru eju, nke na-adabere na ndị na-ebubata ndị America, nwere ike ịhụ mmetụta pụtara ìhè na nkwụsi ike ọnụahịa yana nchekwa maka ngwaahịa kemịkalụ ala.