https://mariannecaroline.com/tags/us-china-trade/Recent content in US-China Trade on Marianne CarolineHugoen-usTue, 29 Sep 2026 11:52:00 +0000https://mariannecaroline.com/articles/us-china-tariff-truce-leaves-fashion-and-footwear-out-in-the/Tue, 29 Sep 2026 11:52:00 +0000https://mariannecaroline.com/articles/us-china-tariff-truce-leaves-fashion-and-footwear-out-in-the/<h2 id="a-narrow-truce-in-a-long-tariff-war">A Narrow Truce in a Long Tariff War</h2> <p>After talks in Washington, D.C. between Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump on 25 September, both governments published reciprocal lists of non-sensitive products that will benefit from lower tariffs. Each list covers goods worth roughly 30 billion dollars, with agricultural commodities, hair and personal care products, and medical equipment among the headline categories.</p> <p>The move marks a step back from the steep escalation of the past year, when the Trump administration imposed tariffs on Chinese goods reaching as high as 145 per cent, and China answered with a 125 per cent levy on American products. The new arrangement is designed to steady trade cooperation between the world&rsquo;s two largest economies, but it stops well short of a broad liberalisation.</p>