The United States and China agreed to temporarily suspend most of the tariffs on the goods of others in a movement that shows a great defrosting of commercial tensions between the two largest economies in the world.
The commercial agreement means that “reciprocal” tariffs between the two countries will be reduced from 125% to 10%. The tariffs of 20% of the USA. In Chinese imports related to fentanyl will remain in force, which means that total tariffs in China are 30%.
The advance occurs after the United States and China commercial representatives made high -risk conversations in Switzerland during the weekend.
“We had very productive talks and I think the place, here at Lake Geneva, added a great equanimity to what was a very positive process,” said the United States Secretary of the United States, Scott Besent, at a press conference.
“We have reached an agreement on a 90 -day break and we lower substantially due to tariff levels. Both parties in reciprocal rates will reduce their tariffs by 115%,” Besent said.
The pause will begin on Wednesday. Both China and the United States said they will continue discussions about economic and commercial policy.
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Since he returned to the White House in January, the president of the United States, Donald Trump, launched a large number of aggressive commercial measures that shook the financial markets and increased the fears of recession. The duties, which are designed to reduce the commercial deficit of the United States, hit China particularly hard.
Trump had imposed tariffs of up to 145% to Chinese imports, which led Beijing to respond with his own retaliation, including restrictions in some rare earth elements.
Investors were driven by the news of the tariff postponement. Nasdaq futures in the United States indicated a gain of 3.7%, with future S&P 500 higher by 2.7%and Dow in more than 840 points, or 2%.
The ICE dollars index also increased abruptly. The index, which measures the US dollar against a basket of global currencies, lasted 1.1% to 101.46.
In another place, Paneuropeo Stoxx 600 The index rose around 1% during median agreements.
Oil prices also appeared. Brent Brent’s international futures with the expiration of Julio quoted more than 2.7% higher at $ 65.66 per barrel, while the future intermediates of Us West Texas stood at $ 62.81, 2.9% more for the session.
‘Maintain the pressure on’
Mark Williams, chief economist of Asia in Capital Economics, described the truce of the commercial war as “a substantial reduction.”
“However, the United States still has much higher tariffs in China than in other countries and still seems to be trying to gather other countries to introduce its own restrictions into trade with China,” Williams said in a research note.
“In these circumstances, there is no guarantee that the 90 -day truce tells a durable fire,” he added.
Meanwhile, Tai Hui, APAC Market Head of Market in JP Morgan Asset Management, said the magnitude of the tariff reduction between the United States and China was greater than expected.
“This reflects both parties that recognize the economic reality that tariffs will achieve global growth and negotiation is a better option in the future,” Hui said in a research note.
“The 90 -day period may not be enough for the two parties to reach a detailed agreement, but maintain the pressure on the negotiation process,” he added.
Hui pointed out that investors were still waiting for more details on other commercial terms, as if China would relax rare earth export restrictions.
– Ganesh Rao de CNBC contributed to this report.
