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2025-06-12First seen
2025-06-12Last seen
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China, United Kingdom, United States
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Strategic competition

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Following two days of talks in London, the parties established a framework extending their temporary tariff reprieve. It may address Chinese rare-earth export controls and now requires approval from Trump and Xi, while its treatment of U.S. non-tariff measures remains unclear.

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U.S. and China agreed on a preliminary trade framework

Following two days of talks in London, the parties established a framework extending their temporary tariff reprieve. It may address Chinese rare-earth export controls and now requires approval from Trump and Xi, while its treatment of U.S. non-tariff measures remains unclear.

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  1. U.S. and China agreed on a preliminary trade framework

    UnverifiedStrategic competitionLondon

    Following two days of trade talks in London, the U.S. and China agreed on a framework for a longer-term detente in their trade war that would extend the temporary reciprocal tariff reprieve agreed last month.

    Following two days of talks in London, the parties established a framework extending their temporary tariff reprieve. It may address Chinese rare-earth export controls and now requires approval from Trump and Xi, while its treatment of U.S. non-tariff measures remains unclear.

    Open source report