The United States and China have unveiled a list of goods recommended for reduced tariffs, following last week's summit between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping.
The list was released on Sunday, days after Trump and Xi agreed to work toward lowering tariffs on $60 billion worth of trade.
The agreement covers $30 billion of each side's imports. It identifies 77 Chinese goods and more than 1,600 US products to be considered for more favorable tariff treatment.
Chinese goods on the list include microwave ovens, fish hooks, artificial flowers, and weighing scales. US exports identified for lower tariffs include poultry, dairy products, noodles, eggs, peanuts, canned tomatoes, pure-breed breeding horses, and silk.
US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said the agreement would improve market access for about 30 percent of US exports to China and would also benefit US consumers.
"The Trump Administration will continue to pursue fair, balanced, and reciprocal trade with China by ensuring compliance with commitments on agricultural and energy purchases, pursuing balanced trade in non-sensitive goods, and securing market access for American farmers, manufacturers, businesses, and workers," Greer said in a statement.
China's Ministry of Commerce confirmed the list on Monday, shortly after the White House announcement. It said the two sides would discuss "a reciprocal tariff reduction framework of $30 billion for $30 billion, aiming to reach a consensus."
"This arrangement will help stabilize China-US trade, create better conditions for Chinese exports of relevant products to the US, meet domestic market demand, and strengthen trade cooperation in agricultural products, energy, manufactured goods, and consumer goods," the ministry said.
While the Trump-Xi summit was marked by ceremony, their talks concluded on Friday with few concrete announcements on the many divisions between the two powers, spanning trade, artificial intelligence, and Taiwan.
Trump and Xi, who have held three face-to-face summits since last October, are expected to meet again at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Shenzhen, China, in November, and at the Group of 20 gathering in Miami, Florida, in December.
Trade between the world's two largest economies has declined substantially since Trump returned to the White House in January last year. Two-way trade totaled $495 billion in 2025, down 25 percent from the previous year, according to the US Trade Representative.
Some analysts cautioned against reading too much into the announcement. Deborah Elms, head of trade policy at the Hinrich Foundation in Singapore, said the latest move did not point to a major shift in US-China trade relations.
"Instead, both sides have largely listed goods that do not move the needle on overall trade flows," Elms said.
"They may reduce some prices in the US for consumers, but none is going to make a dramatic difference in inflation figures or result in meaningful sighs of relief by most US buyers," she added.
Elms said the same applied to the Chinese list. "Although there are many different agricultural products on the list, most are not actually exported to China or not exported in meaningful quantities," she said.
