US and China suspend part of their punitive customs duties for 90 days - ProtoThema English

Sunday

25

Jan 2026

Athens 16°C

> World

US and China suspend part of their punitive customs duties for 90 days

The suspension is to come into force "from today until 14 May", the statement said.

Newsroom May 12 10:30

The United States and China will suspend for 90 days a portion of punitive customs tariffs they have imposed since US President Donald Trump declared a trade war against the world’s second largest economy, according to a joint statement.

The suspension is to take effect “from today until May 14,” the statement specified.

Ask me anything

Explore related questions

#chine#economy#trade war#usa

> More World

Follow en.protothema.gr on Google News and be the first to know all the news

See all the latest News from Greece and the World, the moment they happen, at en.protothema.gr

> Latest Stories

Smiling climber Alex Honnold waves to onlookers watching him from inside the skyscraper in Taiwan – watch the video

January 25, 2026

New “ecological crime” with a five-star hotel in Mytakas, Milos, next to Sarakiniko – watch the video

January 25, 2026

Mitsotakis: Europe must remain united and maintain channels of cooperation with the US, even in times of tension – We seek an active role in Gaza

January 25, 2026

Week of pay rises for about 1 million private-sector employees due to changes in direct taxation – See examples

January 25, 2026

A university in Texas banned a professor from teaching Plato

January 25, 2026

Dead man found in the trunk of a car in Glyfada – His son arrested, had also killed his mother in 2014

January 25, 2026

Greek antiquities held by the company of Robin Symes are being repatriated

January 25, 2026

The planet is entering an era of “global water bankruptcy,” according to the UN

January 25, 2026

All News

> Culture

Greek antiquities held by the company of Robin Symes are being repatriated

The objects were handed over to the Archaeological Museum of Piraeus

January 25, 2026

The Shackled Men of Phaleron: This is what the space that will host the major archaeological find will look like – Photos

January 24, 2026

The dirty side of Pompeii: baths filled with sweat and urine, according to a new study

January 23, 2026

Oscars 2026: Four nominations for Yorgos Lanthimos’ Bugonia

January 22, 2026

The old Acropolis Museum reopens, revealing the hidden life of the sacred rock

January 22, 2026

Homepage