US Slashes Tariffs on China to 30%, As China Cuts US Levies to 10%
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as posted by the channelThe US and China will temporarily lower tariffs on each other’s products, according to a joint statement, in a move to cool trade tensions and give the world’s two largest economies three more months to resolve their differences.
The combined 145% US levies on most Chinese imports will be reduced to 30% including the rate tied to fentanyl by May 14, while the 125% Chinese duties on US goods will drop to 10%, according to the statement and officials in a briefing Monday in Geneva.
“We are in agreement that neither side wants to decouple,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said, adding that “we had a very robust and productive discussion on steps forward on fentanyl” and that talks might lead to “purchasing agreements” by China.
Bessent added that the tariff reductions announced today don’t apply to sectoral duties imposed on all US trading partners, and the tariffs applied on China during the first Trump administration remain in place.
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