China Drops Tariffs on Hundreds of Goods as Trade Talks With US Progress

China Drops Tariffs on Hundreds of Goods as Trade Talks With US Progress
Cranes unload imported iron ore from a ship to the iron ore terminal at Qingdao Port in Shandong Province, China, on Dec. 11, 2018. Reuters/Stringer
Cathy He
Cathy He
EDITOR
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China has announced import tariff reductions on more than 700 goods starting from Jan. 1, in a new round of tariff cuts aimed at opening the economy amid trade tensions with the United States.

Import tariffs on so-called alternative meals, which include rapeseed meal, cotton meal, sunflower meal, and palm meal, will be removed from Jan. 1, 2019, according to a statement published by the finance ministry on its website on Dec. 24.

Cathy He
Cathy He
EDITOR
Cathy He is the politics editor at the Washington D.C. bureau. She was previously an editor for U.S.-China and a reporter covering U.S.-China relations.
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