米経済界、「トランプ関税」に失望表明

【ワシントンＡＦＰ＝時事】ドナルド・トランプ米大統領が２日、相互関税導入を発表したことを受け、米経済界のロビー団体は非難の声を上げ、事業に及ぼす悪影響について懸念を表明した。（写真は資料写真）
　トランプ氏は、４月５日にすべての国からの輸入品に一律１０％の関税を発動すると発表。最大のライバルである中国からの製品に３４％、欧州連合（ＥＵ）に２０％、日本に２４％の追加関税を課し、この措置は９日に発動するとしている。
　貿易関連団体は、この措置に失望を表明。
　全米レストラン協会は声明で「こうした規模での追加関税適用は変化と混乱を招き、レストラン経営者は自身の店舗営業を維持するために対処を迫られることになる」と主張した。
　全米製造業者協会のジェイ・ティモンズ会長は、「製造業者にとってこれ以上のリスクはない」とし、「追加関税の高コストで、投資や雇用、サプライチェーンのみならず、他国と競争し、製造業の超大国として世界をリードしてきた米国の立場も脅かされることになる」と指摘した。
　米商工会議所の政策責任者ニール・ブラッドリー氏は関税措置の導入発表前に、「広範な追加関税という増税により、米国民は物価高に直面し、米国経済は打撃を受ける」と主張した。
　全米民生技術協会のゲイリー・シャピロ最高経営責任者（ＣＥＯ）は、「トランプ大統領による各国への相互関税は、米国民に対する大型増税を意味し、インフレを招き、一般的な国民の雇用が奪われ、米国経済に不況をもたらす可能性がある」とし、「こうした関税は物価上昇を招き、貿易相手国に報復措置を強いることになる」と指摘した。
　その他、全米住宅建設業者協会のバディ・ヒューズ会長は、一部の建設コストは「間違いなく」高騰するとの見方を示し、米国ワイン貿易同盟は、輸入ワインへの関税適用がもたらす悪影響は他国の関連企業より米国の関連企業に対するものの方が「はるかに」大きいと述べた。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2025/04/03-17:26）

President Donald Trump's tariff announcement on Wednesday was widely panned by US business lobbying groups, who voiced concern about the impact of the sweeping new duties on their operations.
During a speech in the White House's rose garden, Trump unveiled a baseline 10 percent tariff against almost all US trading partners in the world from April 5, and an additional top-up rate from April 9 for other countries currently imposing tariff and non-tariff barriers against US companies.
Trade groups reacted with dismay to the measures, which would see most goods imported from China, for example, facing an additional tariff totaling 34 percent on top of existing levies.
Applying new tariffs at this scale will create change and disruption that restaurant operators will have to navigate to keep their restaurants open, the National Restaurant Association said in a statement.
The stakes for manufacturers could not be higher, said Jay Timmons, the president of the National Association of Manufacturers.
The high costs of new tariffs threaten investment, jobs, supply chains and, in turn, America's ability to outcompete other nations and lead as the preeminent manufacturing superpower, he added.
Alongside China, the European Union, India, and several other top US trading partners will also face new tariffs of at least 20 percent from April 9.
These broad tariffs are a tax increase that will raise prices for American consumers and hurt the economy, US Chamber of Commerce chief policy officer Neil Bradley said in a statement before the tariffs were unveiled.
In a recent analysis, Yale University's Budget Lab estimated that a 20 percent across-the-board tariff on imports could cost the average US household at least $3,400 -- a painful cost-of-living adjustment for most Americans.
President Trump's sweeping global and reciprocal tariffs are massive tax hikes on Americans that will drive inflation, kill jobs on Main Street, and may cause a recession for the US economy, Consumer Technology Association chief executive Gary Shapiro said in a statement.
These tariffs will raise consumer prices and will force our trade partners to retaliate, he said.
Other reactions came from National Association of Home Builders chairman Buddy Hughes, who said Trump's tariff announcement would undoubtedly raise some construction costs, and from the US wine Trade Alliance, which said in a statement that the measures on imported wines would harm US businesses far more than their foreign counterparts.
Damage to the U.S. economy will increase the longer the tariffs are in place and may be exacerbated by retaliatory measures, the Business Roundtable, which represents the interests of chief executives, said in a statement.
Despite the widespread condemnation, some lobbying groups were more positive about the announcement.
Today's trade action prioritizes domestic manufacturers and America's workers, said Scott Paul, president of the Alliance for American Manufacturing.
These hardworking men and women have seen unfair trade cut the ground from beneath their feet for decades, he continued, calling Trump's announcement a necessary step in the right direction.