On August 11, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order announcing that he was suspending for another 90 days any increase on the reciprocal tariff rate currently in place for China. According to the Executive Order, negotiations continue with China “to address the lack of trade reciprocity in our economic relationship and our resulting national and economic security concerns. Through these discussions, [China] continues to take significant steps toward remedying non-reciprocal trade arrangements and addressing the concerns of the United States.” As such, President Trump will continue the suspension of higher ad valorem tariff rates and continue the 10% IEEPA reciprocal rate implemented by Executive Order 14298 until 12:01 a.m. EDT November 10, 2025. For additional details on the initial agreement to temporarily lower tariff rates between China and the United States, see Thompson Hine Update of May 12, 2025.
Note: Other tariff rates continue to also apply to China (e.g., IEEPA fentanyl tariff rate of 20%, and as applicable, Section 301 and various Section 232 tariffs).