US, China hail 'constructive' Geneva trade talks
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US, China agree to slash tariffs
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China and the United States announced a truce in their trade war on Monday after talks in Geneva that will roll back the bulk of tariffs and other countermeasures by Wednesday. The United States is dropping the extra tariffs it imposed on China this year to 30% from 145%,
The first round of the Trump tariffs, which still mimicked traditional trade wars, involved mainly Canada, Mexico and China. The second round began with "reciprocal tariffs," which rely on flawed methodologies and mistaken calculations, covering most trading economies worldwide. Then came the huge U. S. retaliatory tariffs, which China countered.
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