China and the United States have agreed to expand agricultural trade through tariff reductions and tackle non-tariff barriers and market access issues, China’s commerce ministry said on Saturday after this week’s summit in Beijing, opens new tab. The agreements are “preliminary” and will be “finalised as soon as possible,” the ministry said following U.S. President Donald Trump’s visit. China’s farm imports from the US still face an additional 10% levy after last year’s rounds of tit-for-tat tariffs sharply curtailed trade, which fell 65.7% year-on-year to $8.4 billion in 2025, according to US Department of Agriculture data The post China signals tariff cuts after Trump-Xi summit appeared first on Egyptian Gazette.
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