Trump – China Announce Interim Tariffs Deal

Oh, this must be giving Democrats a serious case of heartburn

US, China announce reduced tariffs for 90 days after trade talks

The U.S. and China announced on Monday that tariffs against one another will be reduced for a 90-day period after officials held trade negotiations in Geneva, Switzerland.

The tariffs President Donald Trump announced against China on April 2 are being cut by 24 percentage points for this temporary period while retaining the remaining ad valorem rate of 10% from that announcement, according to a joint statement.

China agreed to the same stipulations, adding that it will “adopt all necessary administrative measures to suspend or remove the non-tariff countermeasures taken against the United States since April 2,” the announcement stated.

Under the deal, reciprocal tariffs for both countries would be reduced by 115%. The U.S. will temporarily lower its tariffs on Chinese goods from 145% to 30%, and China will reduce its levies on American products from 125% to 10%.

Both the U.S. and China agreed to take the aforementioned actions by Wednesday.

Could this turn into something long lasting? The NY Times, Washington Post, and many other Credentialed Media outlets are gently naysaying this, almost like they want Trump, meaning America, to lose. Reducing tariffs on exported American goods would be a good thing, right, especially to China? Hey, maybe this would lead to all those Chinese EVs being brought over. You’d like that, NY Times and Washington Post, right? You’ve posted articles about how great they are and so much less expensive many times.

The two sides also agreed to “establish a mechanism” to continue discussions about economic and trade relations, which will be led by Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, according to the joint statement.

It’s good that you have business people who want to protect the U.S. first, rather than squishy diplomats squishing around.

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