During President Xi Jinping's three-day visit to Washington, the US and China agreed to reduce tariffs on $30 billion (approximately $42 billion) of goods, with specific items including agricultural products, wood, cosmetics from the US, and small appliances, toys, decorations from China. The two nations also established a trade council and set up a dialogue on artificial intelligence, scheduled for November, focusing on the technology's risks and benefits. Additionally, they agreed to support each other in hosting upcoming international summits.
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Before the Xi-Trump summit last week, analysts expected soybeans to be included in tariff-reduced arrangements between China and the U.S., but China excluded them from a tariff-reduction list released on September 28, 2026, despite cutting tariffs on other agricultural goods like corn, wheat, meat, and dairy. This decision disappointed American farmers, such as John Bartman, an Illinois-based soybean farmer who called it "a missed opportunity." U.S. soybeans still face an additional tariff of 10%, which traders say is too high for private crushers to absorb, even as Chinese state buyers have stepped up purchases. Despite this exclusion, both sides agreed to form a trade council to discuss reciprocal tariff cuts on $30 billion worth of products and stabilize economic ties.
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The US and China have agreed to reduce tariffs on $US30 billion ($42 billion) of goods and to set up a trade council.
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The announcement follows a three-day summit between the two countries' leaders in Washington.
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The two sides agreed to maintain a dialogue on AI, with the next round of discussions set for November.
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The United States and China have agreed to reduce tariffs on $US30 billion ($42 billion) of goods and launch a dialogue on AI, both countries say.
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The announcement came following President Xi Jinping's visit to Washington earlier this week.
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The tariff reductions would apply to US exports such as agricultural goods, wood and cosmetics, as well as US imports including small appliances, toys, decorations, a White House statement said on Friday local time.
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The two countries reached consensus on recommendations for more favourable tariff treatment for $30 billion of non-sensitive goods in each direction," the White House said.
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The three-day summit between Mr Xi and President Donald Trump, which ended on Friday, showcased personal diplomacy rather than big public breakthroughs.
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Mr Xi has since landed in Beijing, Chinese state news agency Xinhua reported on Saturday.
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The two sides also agreed to set up a trade council and to sign a memorandum of understanding on strengthening crisis communications and preventing crises between the two militaries, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said.
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The agreement follows a move by the world's two largest economies to extend by two months a trade truce that had been due to expire on November 10, allowing more time to work on a potentially bigger trade deal, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Wednesday.
"This historic visit enriched the constructive and stable China-US relationship, upheld the overall stability of bilateral ties, opened a new chapter in China-US relations, and will have a far-reaching impact on world peace and development," Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said in a statement.
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Dialogue on AI
On artificial intelligence, the two sides agreed to hold a dialogue on the technology's risks and benefits, with the next round of discussions set for November, and to set up a communication channel for AI-related incidents, the Chinese Foreign Ministry and the White House said.
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The White House said that the leaders had agreed to use the term "super intelligence" in place of "artificial intelligence".
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In a separate statement, the Chinese ministry said that Beijing valued Washington's use of the new term.
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As AI technology continues to advance, the two sides should step up exchanges and work towards consensus in line with new developments, it said.
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The two sides also agreed to support each other in hosting the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders' meeting in Shenzhen, China, in November, and the Group of 20 summit at the Trump National Doral Miami golf club in Florida in December.
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On foreign policy, the leaders agreed that Iran should fulfil its commitment not to develop nuclear weapons, and that no country or entity should impose transit tolls on international waterways, both countries said.
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