Trump Says U.S. Trade Deal With China Is Done
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How much? Trump, in a post on Truth Social, said the U.S. is “getting a total of 55% tariffs.” A White House official told MarketWatch that there are no new tariffs at the moment, and that the number includes 20% tariffs on fentanyl, a 10% “reciprocal” tariff and then an average level of 25% for tariffs that were already in place before this year.
Boeing delivered a new 787-9 aircraft to China's Juneyao Airlines on Saturday, Chinese media outlet Yicai reported, as trade tensions between Beijing and Washington ease. The delivery comes two days after a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner with 242 people on board crashed in a fireball shortly after takeoff in western India.
Washington and Beijing strike a fragile truce in London, easing rare earth curbs and export controls—but with limits in place, global trade stability remains uncertain.
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And Trump’s own comments created confusion about what was happening to his taxes – tariffs — on Chinese imports, generating uncertainty about more than $660 billion in annual trade between the two countries.
Underscoring the U.S. tariff impact on shipments, customs data showed that China's exports to the U.S. plunged 34.5% year-on-year in May in value terms, the sharpest drop since February 2020, when the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic upended global trade.
That's the total value of pharmaceuticals China imported last year, up from $27 billion in 2017. Despite Beijing's drive for economic self-sufficiency, it has continued to welcome U.S. medical supplie