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China: Temporary tariff reduction on imported goods from the United States following bilateral US-China meeting (May 2025, extended until November 2026)

Announcement

13 May 2025

In May 2025, the governments of China and the United States of America released a "Joint Statement on US-China Economic and Trade Meeting in Geneva". In the document, the Chinese government commits to reducing the additional duties on imports from the United States of America from 125% to 10% for an initial period of 90 days. 

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Number of interventions

1

0 certainly harmful

0 likely harmful

1 liberalising

List of interventions

Implementation date

14 May 2025

Revocation date:

09 Nov 2026

Prolonged: 10 Nov 2025
Import tariff In force
On 13 May 2025, the State Council Tariff Commission issued Announcement 2025/7, announcing the temporary reduction of additional duties on imports from the United States of America from 125% to 10% fo...
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