US, China temporarily slash tariffs
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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%.
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%,
BEIJING (Reuters) -China and the United States announced a truce in their trade war on Monday after talks in Geneva that will roll back the bulk of tariffs and other countermeasures by Wednesday. The United States is dropping the extra tariffs it imposed ...
The prospects for a major breakthrough still appear slight, but even a small drop in tariffs — particularly if taken simultaneously — could help restore some confidence.
The White House backed off from the steepest levies, as the costs of an all-out trade war with China threatened global economic growth.
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U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer spoke Monday night with CNN's Kaitlan Collins, who asked: "If there were no major concessions made in Geneva by the Chinese officials, some businesses may ask,
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.