President Trump issued Aug. 11 an executive order that delays for another 90 days a tariff increase on imports from China.
Earlier this year the president lowered the “reciprocal” tariff he imposed on imports from China under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to 10 percent, prompting China to do the same with respect to imports from the U.S. These reductions were to have expired at 12:01 a.m. EDT on Aug. 12, at which time the tariff rates would have increased to 34 percent.
However, both the U.S. and China have now further extended their tariff reductions on each other’s goods through 12:01 a.m. EDT on Nov. 10.
President Trump indicated that he is taking this step in acknowledgment of the “significant steps” China is taking “toward remedying non-reciprocal trade arrangements and addressing the concerns of the United States relating to economic and national security matters.” A White House fact sheet added that the extension will “facilitate ongoing and productive discussion with China about remedying trade imbalances, unfair trade practices, expanding market access for American exports, and aligning with the United States on national security and economic matters.”
It is important to note that all U.S. imports from China remain subject to applicable most-favored-nation duty rates, an IEEPA tariff of 20 percent imposed due to concerns about shipments of fentanyl, and either the IEEPA reciprocal tariff of 10 percent or a Section 232 tariff of 25 percent (if the products are subject to such tariffs). Many imports from China are also still subject to longstanding Section 301 tariffs of 7.5 to 100 percent.
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