Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, May 14. A reporter learned from the Ministry of Commerce on the 14th that according to the Executive Order to Amend the Reciprocal Tariff Rate to Reflect the Situation of Talks with the People's Republic of China issued by the White House on May 12, the United States has revoked a total of 91% tariffs imposed on Chinese goods (including goods from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Macao Special Administrative Region) at 00:01 am Eastern Time on May 14, Eastern Time, and amended the 34% tariff measures imposed on Chinese goods (including goods from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Macao Special Administrative Region) of Executive Order No. 14257 of April 2, 2025. Among them, 24% of the tariffs were suspended for 90 days, retaining the remaining 10% tariffs. At the same time, the US also lowered or revoked the tariffs imposed on small packages in China (including small packages in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region), lowered the adjudication rate of international mail from 120% to 54%, and revoked the measures that originally scheduled to increase the amount tax from US$100 per piece to US$200 from June 1, 2025.
In view of the fact that the US has canceled, suspended or adjusted the imposition of tariffs on China in accordance with the consensus on high-level economic and trade talks between China and the United States, China has adjusted the relevant tariffs and non-tariff countermeasures against the United States accordingly.
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