U.S. Government Suspends Reciprocal Tariffs On Chinese Products For Another 90 Days

The U.S. government has agreed to extend its reciprocal tariff suspension on products from China for an additional 90 days. The suspension is now set to expire Nov. 10, 2025. The decision, formalized by President Donald Trump in an executive order issued on August 11, allows both countries to maintain a 10 percent baseline tariff while suspending the implementation of additional levies the countries had threatened to impose on one another.

Importantly, all existing tariffs, including the Section 232 penalties on steel and aluminum products, will remain in place during the extension. \

The extension gives U.S. policymakers time to continue their discussions with Chinese officials to address the lack of trade reciprocity among the two countries and the United States’ national and economic security concerns. The White House said that, in discussions so far, Chinese leaders have taken significant steps toward remedying non-reciprocal trade arrangements and toward addressing the United States’ economic and national security concerns. In a fact sheet, the Trump administration reiterated that:

• For too long, unfair trade practices and the United States’ massive trade deficit with China have fueled the offshoring of U.S. jobs and the decline of the country’s manufacturing sector;
• Economic cooperation between the two countries must protect U.S. interests, stop unfair trade practices, and strengthen the U.S. domestic manufacturing base.; and
• The United States and China are working to address these imbalances to deliver real, lasting benefits to U.S. workers, farmers, and businesses.

U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) already has issued guidance on this new policy. Access it at this link.

In related news: the CBP also has issued new guidance for reciprocal tariffs placed on Canada and Brazil. (Read the guidance for Canada at this link. Read the guidance for Brazil at this link.) The guidance includes classification of articles that are subject to Section 232 tariffs, including iron, steel, or aluminum and covered derivatives; passenger vehicles, light trucks and parts; and semifinished copper and intensive copper derivative products.