U.S., China Agree to Large Tariff Cuts
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told reporters the two sides had agreed on a 90 day pause on measures and that tariffs would come down by over 100 percentage points to 10%.
The United States and China announced that tariffs against one another will be reduced for an initial 90-day period following trade talks in Switzerland.
The White House backed off from the steepest levies, as the costs of an all-out trade war with China threatened global economic growth.
A tariff deal between the United States and China on Monday was greeted with scepticism on Chinese social media, while official commentary welcomed the news.
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Online shoppers in the U.S. will see a price break on their purchases valued at less than $800 and shipped from China after the Trump administration reached a truce with Beijing over sky-high tariffs.
When asked to comment on reports that after the China-US high-level economic and trade meeting in Geneva, China will reduce the tariffs on US goods from 125% to 10% within the initial 90 days, while the US will reduce the tariffs on Chinese goods to 30%,
The U.S.-China tariff deal sent the tech-heavy Nasdaq soaring, entering a bull market, and economists are optimistic that the U.S. may dodge a recession.