US-China tariff deal: What does it mean?

Written by on May 12, 2025

Michael Race

Business reporter, BBC News

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The US and China have agreed a truce to lower import taxes on goods being traded between the two countries.

The agreement marks a major de-escalation of the trade war between the world's two biggest economies, which has sent shockwaves impacting countless other countries, including the UK.

Here's what it all means.

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