U.S. President Donald Trump has postponed the imposition of tariffs on goods from China for another 90 days. He signed the corresponding decree on August 11.

It is specified that the tariffs were supposed to take effect as early as Tuesday, August 12, but by his decree, Trump postponed them until mid-November. “This delay was the expected outcome of the latest round of negotiations between U.S. trade representatives and their Chinese counterparts, which took place in Stockholm at the end of July,” CNBC explained.

Journalists note that if the deadline had not been extended, tariffs against China would have returned to their peak April 2025 levels, when they were raised to 145% by the U.S. and to 125% by Beijing.

In May 2025, the United States and China agreed to reduce mutual tariffs for 90 days to 30% and 10%, respectively. At the end of June, Donald Trump announced the signing of a trade agreement with China aimed at “starting to open China” to American business. Later, Beijing confirmed the deal and explained that under its terms, Washington had agreed to lift a number of restrictions on China.