Foie gras, live dolphins and toasters: China and US cut reciprocal tariffs on $30bn of goods
Summary
The US and China have each identified $30 billion worth of products for tariff cuts as part of efforts to ease trade tensions. These lists include diverse items, but exclude key strategic products, and no timeline has been set for when the tariff reductions will happen.Key Facts
- The US list has 77 categories of Chinese products like bed linen, toasters, and billiard balls.
- China’s list includes 1,619 types of US products such as butter, lobster, foie gras, coal, and medical devices like MRI machines.
- The Chinese list also unusually features several live animals like dolphins, whales, donkeys, and horses.
- These tariff cuts focus on non-sensitive goods and do not include important items like semiconductors, batteries, or electric vehicles.
- US soybean exports to China still face extra tariffs and are not part of the reductions.
- The tariff cut plan follows a recent meeting between President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping aimed at stabilizing trade relations.
- The US-China Board of Trade, established during President Trump’s visit to Beijing, helped negotiate this tariff reduction.
- The tariff cuts are described as a small but positive move toward reducing trade tensions, not a full resolution.
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