Announcement
12 May 2025
In May 2025, the U.S. Administration issued an Executive Order to modify reciprocal tariff rates to reflect the commitments made under the Joint Statement on the U.S.–China Economic and Trade Meeting in Geneva.
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Number of interventions
2
0 certainly harmful
0 likely harmful
2 liberalising
List of interventions
Implementation date
14 May 2025
Revocation date:
24 Feb 2026
Removed: 22 Feb 2026
Import tariff
On 12 May 2025, the U.S. Administration issued an executive order (EO) to reduce specific tariffs on low-value imports from China, particularly targeting synthetic opioids. The order decreases the ad ...
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Removed: 22 Feb 2026
Import tariff
On 12 May 2025, the U.S. Administration issued an Executive Order suspending 24% of the reciprocal tariffs imposed on Chinese goods—including those from Hong Kong and Macao—under Executive Order 14257...
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Related State Acts
Announced: 20 Feb 2026
United States of America: Termination of the IEEPA additional duties on certain imports from various countries (February 2026)
Removed: 22 Feb 2026
United States of America: U.S. Administration reduces additional duties on Chinese products related to the synthetic opioid supply chain
Clarification: 17 May 2026
United States of America: U.S. Administration’s commitments under a trade and economic agreement with China
Announced: 30 Jul 2025
United States of America: U.S. Administration suspends duty-free de minimis treatment for all countries
Prolonged: 10 Nov 2025
China: Temporary suspension of the addition of 28 US companies to Export Control List (May 2025, partially extended until November 2025)
Prolonged: 10 Nov 2025
China: Temporary suspension of the addition of 17 US companies to Unreliable Entity List (May 2025, partially extended until November 2025)
Prolonged: 10 Nov 2025
China: Temporary tariff reduction on imported goods from the United States following bilateral US-China meeting (May 2025, extended until November 2026)
Clarification: 04 Nov 2025
United States of America: U.S. commitments following bilateral US-China meeting (May 2025)
Removed: 31 May 2025
United States of America: U.S. Administration raises reciprocal tariffs on Chinese imports to 125% plus targets low-value imports
Announced: 08 Apr 2025
United States of America: U.S. Administration increases tariffs on Chinese imports to 84% plus targets low-value imports
Announced: 02 Apr 2025
United States of America: Administration increases to 34 percent the additional duty on all imports from China effective 9 April 2025
Removed: 22 Feb 2026
United States of America: Administration announces 10 percent additional "reciprocal tariff" on all imports (2 April 2025)
Terminated: 10 Nov 2025
United States of America: U.S. Administration increases additional duties on imports from China
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