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Both sides agreed to maintain communication as bilateral trade talks progress.

The two sides agreed to cancel 91% in tariffs on each other’s goods and suspend another 24% in tariffs for 90 days.

The deal, which comes after a weekend meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, is a major step toward easing a trade war that has rattled the global economy, and will significantly reduce how much each nation will chare on foreign imports.

Prices will need to drop for buyers for them to absorb goods meant for exports, experts warn — risking deeper deflation in China.

Recent reports suggested some tariff relief on the ground as the U.S. and China sought to blunt the economic impacts of punitive tariffs.

U.S. agriculture exporters say global backlash to President Trump’s tariffs are already resulting in canceled orders and farm layoffs.

Chinese manufacturers are pausing production and turning to new markets as the impact of U.S. tariffs sets in, according to companies and analysts.

An estimated 90% of the core baby care products and the parts that go into making baby paraphernalia – from bottles and diaper pails to strollers and car seats – are made in Asia. The vast majority come from China.

In a shift toward a harder stance this month, China retaliated against U.S. tariffs with levies of 125% on imports of American goods.

President Donald Trump paused additional tariffs on most countries for 90 days while raising the rate for China. NBC Chicago’s Natalie Martinez reports.

After President Donald Trump announced Wednesday his administration would be raising tariffs on China to 125%, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent accused China of escalating trade tensions and issued a warning to countries considering retaliation.

The U.S. government has banned American government personnel in China from any romantic or sexual relationships with Chinese citizens, the AP learned.

A group of House Republicans has put forward legislation seeking to prevent Chinese students from studying in American schools, citing national security concerns.

China is recruiting for a planetary defense force to combat the threat of asteroids colliding with Earth.

China on lashed out at what it called U.S. “coercion” after Panama declined to renew a key infrastructure agreement with Beijing following Washington’s threat to take back the Panama Canal.

The USPS said it will resume accepting inbound mail and packages from China and Hong Kong Posts, just hours after it suspended service from those regions.

China retaliated immediately on Tuesday as a 10% U.S. tariff on Chinese goods went into effect, announcing its own levies of 10% to 15% on some U.S. products.

A frenzy over an artificial intelligence chatbot made by Chinese tech startup DeepSeek was upending stock markets Monday and fueling debates over the economic and geopolitical competition between the U.S. and China in developing AI technology. DeepSeek’s AI assistant became the No. 1 downloaded free app on Apple’s iPhone store Monday, propelled by curiosity about the ChatGPT competitor. Part of...

The Chinese company released a free, open-source large language model in late December that can outperform leading models in the U.S.

Early this month, Trump suggested he would consider using military force to regain control of the canal from Panama, one of the U.S.’s closest allies in Latin America, describing it as “vital” for national security.