China extends pause on 24% tariffs on U.S. goods until Jan. 10, 2027

China said Monday, November 9, that it will extend until January 10, 2027 a pause on additional 24% tariffs on U.S. goods and on special port charges for ships linked to the United States, preserving part of a trade truce that Beijing and Washington agreed in September.

The extension will take effect on Tuesday, November 10, and will run for two months, China’s Tariff Commission of the State Council said in a statement. The commission said the move was meant to implement the consensus reached during a meeting in Washington between Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump.

Beijing said the extension of the truce should help provide a relatively stable and predictable policy environment for companies from both countries. At the same time, China said it will keep in place an additional 10% tariff on U.S. goods, signaling that the easing remains limited rather than a full rollback of trade penalties.

The announcement keeps in place a partial de-escalation in one of the world’s most important trade relationships at a time when both governments are still weighing broader disputes over market access, strategic industries and export controls. For businesses that depend on regular cross-Pacific shipments, the decision removes, at least for two more months, the immediate risk that the suspended measures would return.

That could matter for beverage trade as well. U.S. wine exporters selling into China, for example, may face a more predictable environment for shipments and pricing while the pause remains in effect, and the suspension of the port-related charges could help limit the risk of new transport costs. Any benefit would remain partial because the 10% additional tariff is still in force.

China paired the extension with a warning to Washington. The Chinese government said it had noted repeated statements from the United States about the possibility of replacing tariffs that were struck down by the courts with different trade measures. Beijing said it would closely follow U.S. actions and adjust its own tariff retaliation as appropriate.

In separate announcements, China’s Commerce Ministry said it would also continue suspending, until January 10, 2027, measures affecting 11 U.S. companies on China’s list of unreliable entities and 16 U.S. companies on its export control list. The ministry also said measures imposed on five U.S.-linked subsidiaries of Hanwha Ocean would remain suspended through the same date.

The ministry said China will also extend exemptions from export controls for certain critical minerals and for some technologies and equipment used to process those materials. China has used export restrictions on key industrial inputs as part of its broader economic policy and as leverage in disputes with major trading partners.

China’s Transport Ministry separately said it will continue suspending special charges applied to the berthing of U.S. vessels until January 10, 2027. It also said it would suspend through that date an investigation into the security of maritime logistics and shipbuilding supply chains. Those steps ease pressure not only on shipping companies but also on importers and exporters that would have faced higher logistics costs if the fees had returned.

The latest decisions follow the Washington summit between Xi and Trump, which ended with an agreement to reduce about $60 billion in tariffs on certain products, split evenly at $30 billion per side. The products covered by that deal ranged from Chinese toys and home appliances to U.S. meat, grains, coal and medical equipment.

The two governments also agreed to create bilateral working groups to handle trade and investment issues and to discuss artificial intelligence. Those channels were intended to keep talks moving even as the broader relationship remains tense.

Monday’s announcement suggests that both sides still see value in preserving a controlled truce, even while leaving many penalties in place and keeping open the option of fresh retaliation. China’s language made clear that it views the current arrangement as conditional and that further U.S. tariff action could trigger a response from Beijing.

For now, the extension gives companies in manufacturing, agriculture, shipping and consumer goods a clearer timetable. It also shows that, despite continuing friction, Beijing and Washington are still willing to use temporary suspensions and narrowly targeted exemptions to prevent a sharper escalation in trade costs.