The Li Keqiang Government maintains that the plan is in line with the country's World Trade Organization obligations. On 15 June 2018, the Trump administration imposed higher tariffs on Chinese goods, escalating the trade tensions between China and the U.S. The tariff list mainly focuses on products included in the Made In China 2025 plan, including IT and robotics-related products. It has also been suggested by the United States that some aspects of the policy may violate World Trade Organization rules, such as the self-sufficiency quotas for several high-tech components. A European Commission published report calling for the EU to increase its industrial and research performance and to "develop a trade policy that can ensure a level playing field for EU companies in China and for Chinese companies in the EU", in response to the Made in China 2025 (MIC 2025) policy. It recognizes MIC 2025 as being similar to the "German and Japanese approaches to innovation and economic development". The European Chamber of Commerce feared that MIC 2025 would increase Chinese protectionism favouring domestic companies. Japanese commentators note that MIC 2025 has led to growing exports of Japanese high-value goods such as semiconductor manufacturing equipment and production line robotization equipment and see it as a business opportunity, but fear that China may become a strong competitor in the long run.