US and China publish product lists for possible tariff cuts

The US and China published products for possible reduced tariffs, affecting traders whose goods appear on the lists if changes are later adopted.

What happened

The US Trade Representative and White House published lists on 27 September 2026 of US products for import into China and Chinese products for import into the US. The two countries will consider reduced tariff treatment for the listed goods. USTR described about $30 billion of trade on each side. The lists are recommendations, and no source we reviewed gives adopted tariff rates or start date. A secondary report gives counts of 1,619 US product items and 77 categories of Chinese goods, but we have not checked those counts against the lists themselves. Traders should treat the proposal as pending and check for implementing notices before changing prices.

Key facts

• USTR and the White House published the lists on 27 September 2026.
• USTR described about $30 billion of trade on each side.
• The lists concern US goods entering China and Chinese goods entering the US.
• Effective date: not stated in the source; no adopted rates or start date are supplied.

What it means for traders

• Check whether your product appears on the published lists.
• Wait for implementing notices before using a reduced rate in pricing or customs entries.

What we don't know

• The adopted rates and effective dates are not stated in the source.
• We did not open the product lists to confirm the counts reported by the secondary source.

Source

Office of the United States Trade Representative. Announced: 27 September 2026.

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