China extends suspension of additional 24% tariff on US goods
China will keep an additional 24% tariff on US imports suspended for two more months from Nov. 10, while retaining a separate 10% tariff. The move formalizes an extension of the trade truce through January, but US officials are still pressing Beijing to deliver on commitments covering farm goods and critical minerals.43
TL;DR
- The tariff pause eases one immediate trade pressure, but it does not resolve disputes over US farm purchases or Chinese critical-mineral supplies.43
- The next test is implementation: US officials are seeking concrete evidence that China will meet its commitments, while Beijing has linked expanded farm purchases to reciprocal tariff reductions.32
- Market pricing favors a 5% to 15% US general tariff rate on Chinese imports at year-end, a separate but relevant sign of expectations that the broader trade truce will continue to constrain tariffs.3M3
Still to come
- Trump and Xi are expected to meet at the APEC leaders’ summit in Shenzhen on Nov. 18–19 and at the G20 summit in Miami on Dec. 14–15. Those meetings will put the farm-purchase and critical-mineral commitments back on the agenda before the trade truce is due to expire on Jan. 10.
China’s Customs Tariff Commission said the suspension takes effect at 1:01 p.m. Beijing time on Nov. 10. It described the decision as implementing the consensus reached by the two countries’ leaders in Washington, and said China would monitor US moves on tariffs and adjust its countermeasures accordingly. The truce is set to run through Jan. 10.43
The extension leaves key parts of the agreement under scrutiny. On Nov. 6, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer urged Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng to take concrete action on agricultural purchases and the supply of rare earths and other critical minerals. Reuters reported that the US has raised concerns about difficulties obtaining those minerals. Separately, China’s commerce ministry said it was open to buying more US farm goods if both sides implement their reciprocal tariff-cut arrangement.32
The farm commitments are already drawing market attention: Chicago soybean futures rose as much as 0.7% on Monday, their biggest advance in more than two weeks, as the Trump administration pressed China to follow through on purchases. The price move is not evidence that the pledged purchases have been fulfilled. An analyst, Cek Drew, also wrote on X on Nov. 9 that they had not found a publicly documented Chinese extension of the separate suspension of rare-earth export controls. That is the analyst’s observation, not confirmation that no extension exists.1X1
Prediction-market pricing points to expectations of relatively lower US tariffs on Chinese imports at year-end: on Nov. 9, traders priced a 91% probability that the US general tariff rate on China would be between 5% and 15% on Dec. 31. That is a different measure from China’s tariffs on US goods, but it underscores how the wider truce shapes expectations for bilateral trade policy.3M3
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NEWS: China Extends U.S. Tariff Suspension By 2 Months, but Still No Confirmed Rare Earth Extension
With November 10 just around the corner, China has officially announced a two-month extension of its suspension of an additional 24% tariff on American imports. The extension takes effect November 10, while the remaining 10% additional tariff stays in place.
This aligns with the broader U.S.–China trade truce, which is scheduled to expire January 10, 2027. But there’s something pretty significant missing from today’s announcement…
China has still not issued a publicly verified formal extension of its suspended October 2025 rare earth export controls, which are currently scheduled to resume after November 10. Remember, the United States already took formal regulatory action to extend the suspension of its own Affiliates Rule through January 10.
China has now done the same for its tariffs. But what about rare earths?
As of this update, I still haven’t found a corresponding amendment from China’s Ministry of Commerce extending those specific export-control suspensions.
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Soybeans Rise as US Presses China to Boost Farm Goods Purchases · Bloomberg Business · Nov 9
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US urges China to honour Busan trade deal commitments · Al Jazeera Online · Nov 6
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