Headline Roundup • August 12th, 2025
US and China Extend Tariff Pause for 90 More Days
Summary from the AllSides News Team
President Trump signed an executive order on Monday that extends an existing trade truce between the US and China until November 9, averting tariffs that were set to take effect.
The Details: China issued a parallel tariff pause on Tuesday and also delayed adding certain US firms to trade and investment restriction lists. The extension means the US tariff on Chinese imports will remain at 30%, while China’s on American goods will remain at 10%. If the extension were not agreed upon, tariffs would have returned to where they were at their peak in April. Then, the US had a 145% charge on Chinese goods, with China billing the US at 125%.
For Context: The two nations previously paused tariffs and dropped them to their current rates in May after officials met for the first time in Geneva. Last week, new US tariffs took effect on over 90 countries.
Key Quotes: The White House cited a near $300 billion trade deficit with China in 2024 and said the extension will give time for “remedying trade imbalances” and “unfair trade practices.” A Chinese spokesperson said, “Win-win cooperation between China and the United States is the right path; suppression and containment will lead nowhere.” China also called on the US to lift its “unreasonable” trade restrictions.
How The Media Covered It: Outlets across the spectrum covered the news fairly similarly. CNBC (Lean Left bias) described the extension as an “expected outcome” from the most recent US-China negotiations that took place in July. Reuters (Center) included quotes from several current and former US officials. It also noted at the end of its coverage that Trump has threatened to impose secondary tariffs on China over its purchasing of Russian oil. The Washington Examiner (Lean Right) also noted the administration is considering tariffs for China’s purchasing of Russian energy and concluded by saying a US-China trade war “would have global consequences.”
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Featured Coverage of this Story
President Donald Trump on Monday delayed high U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods from snapping back into place for another 90 days, a White House official told CNBC.
Those tariffs were set to resume Tuesday. But Trump signed an executive order hours beforehand that extends the deadline until mid-November, according to the official.
The delay was the expected outcome from the latest round of talks between U.S. trade negotiators and their Chinese counterparts, which took place in Stockholm in late July.
The United States and China on Monday extended a tariff truce for another 90 days, staving off triple-digit duties on each other's goods as U.S. retailers get ready to ramp up inventories ahead of the critical end-of-year holiday season.
U.S. President Donald Trump announced on his Truth Social platform that he had signed an executive order suspending the imposition of higher tariffs until 12:01 a.m. EST (0501 GMT) on November 10, with all other elements of the truce to remain in place.
Washington Examiner via MSN
President Donald Trump extended the 90-day trade truce between the United States and China for another 90 days, as he and Chinese President Xi Jinping hope to prevent an all-out trade war.
The new deadline will expire on Nov. 9 at 12:01 a.m.
“I have just signed an Executive Order that will extend the Tariff Suspension on China for another 90 days. All other elements of the Agreement will remain the same. Thank you for your attention to this matter!” Trump wrote on Truth Social late Monday evening. The message came just hours before...
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